Strategy and the Sea: Essays in Honour of John B. Hattendorf - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783270985 ISBN 13: 9781783270989

Publisher: Boydell Press, 2016

Synopsis

An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading world authorities on naval history. This book presents a wide range of new research on many aspects of naval strategy in the early modern and modern periods. Among the themes covered are the problems of naval manpower, the nature of naval leadership and naval officers, intelligence, naval training and education, and strategic thinking and planning. The book is notable for giving extensive consideration to navies other than those of Britain, its empire and the United States. It explores a number of fascinating subjects including how financial difficulties frustrated the attempts by Louis XIV's ministers to build a strong navy; how the absence of centralised power in the Dutch Republic had important consequences for Dutch naval power; how Hitler's relationship with his admirals severely affected German naval strategy during the Second World War; and many more besides. The book is a Festschrift in honour of John B. Hattendorf, for more than thirty years Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the US Naval War College and an influential figure in naval affairs worldwide. N.A.M. Rodger is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. J. Ross Dancy is Assistant Professor of Military History at Sam Houston State University. Benjamin Darnell is a D.Phil. candidate at New College, Oxford. Evan Wilson is Caird Senior Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Contributors: Tim Benbow, Peter John Brobst, Jaap R. Bruijn, Olivier Chaline, J. Ross Dancy, Benjamin Darnell, James Goldrick, Agustín Guimerá, Paul Kennedy, Keizo Kitagawa, Roger Knight, AndrewD. Lambert, George C. Peden, Carla Rahn Phillips, Werner Rahn, Paul M. Ramsey, Duncan Redford, N.A.M. Rodger, Jakob Seerup, Matthew S. Seligmann, Geoffrey Till, Evan Wilson

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About the Authors

AGUSTÍN GUIMERÁ a researcher at the Instituto de Historia, Consejo Supeior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid. He is the author of numerous studies of comparative naval leadership.

Andrew Lambert is Professor of War Studies at King's College, London and one of Britain's foremost maritime and naval historians.

Benjamin Darnell completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford. He has previously contributed to Strategy and the Sea (Boydell Press, 2016).

Matthew S. Seligmann is Professor of Naval History at Brunel University London. An expert in Anglo-German relations before the First World War.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783270985
• ISBN 13: 9781783270989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Rodger Nicholas AM, Darnell J. Ross Dancy Benjamin, Wilson Evan