Alan James is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a member of the Laughton Naval History Unit. He has written widely on France and its navy, including The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004). Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author of a number of essays and articles on naval warfare and a member of the Strategic Leadership project, a joint venture of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid) and the Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (Madrid). Malcolm Murfett is a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He has written a number of books on British foreign and defence policy in Asia and is the author of Naval Warfare 1919-1945 (Routledge, 2013).

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• List of Figures and Tables Introduction Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Chapter One: European Navies and Princely Power Alan James Chapter Two: The Seventeenth Century. A First Age of Modern Naval Warfare Alan James Chapter Three: Globalisation and Escalation, 1715-1815 Alan James Chapter Four: The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1854 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Five: The Collapse of the Congress System Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Six: The Age of Empire, 1870-1914 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Seven: The First World War. Blockade, Neutrality, and the Submarine Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Eight: 1919-1939, A Time of Fractured Peace Malcolm Murfett Chapter Nine: European Navies and the War at Sea, 1939-42 Malcolm Murfett Chapter Ten: Redemption, 1943-45 Malcolm Murfett Conclusion Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Index

Alan James is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a member of the Laughton Naval History Unit. He has written widely on France and its navy, including The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004). Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author of a number of essays and articles on naval warfare and a member of the Strategic Leadership project, a joint venture of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid) and the Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (Madrid). Malcolm Murfett is a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He has written a number of books on British foreign and defence policy in Asia and is the author of Naval Warfare 1919-1945 (Routledge, 2013).

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• List of Figures and Tables Introduction Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Chapter One: European Navies and Princely Power Alan James Chapter Two: The Seventeenth Century. A First Age of Modern Naval Warfare Alan James Chapter Three: Globalisation and Escalation, 1715-1815 Alan James Chapter Four: The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1854 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Five: The Collapse of the Congress System Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Six: The Age of Empire, 1870-1914 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Seven: The First World War. Blockade, Neutrality, and the Submarine Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Eight: 1919-1939, A Time of Fractured Peace Malcolm Murfett Chapter Nine: European Navies and the War at Sea, 1939-42 Malcolm Murfett Chapter Ten: Redemption, 1943-45 Malcolm Murfett Conclusion Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Index

Alan James is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a member of the Laughton Naval History Unit. He has written widely on France and its navy, including The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004). Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author of a number of essays and articles on naval warfare and a member of the Strategic Leadership project, a joint venture of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid) and the Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos (Madrid). Malcolm Murfett is a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He has written a number of books on British foreign and defence policy in Asia and is the author of Naval Warfare 1919-1945 (Routledge, 2013).

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• List of Figures and Tables Introduction Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Chapter One: European Navies and Princely Power Alan James Chapter Two: The Seventeenth Century. A First Age of Modern Naval Warfare Alan James Chapter Three: Globalisation and Escalation, 1715-1815 Alan James Chapter Four: The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1854 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Five: The Collapse of the Congress System Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Six: The Age of Empire, 1870-1914 Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Seven: The First World War. Blockade, Neutrality, and the Submarine Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza Chapter Eight: 1919-1939, A Time of Fractured Peace Malcolm Murfett Chapter Nine: European Navies and the War at Sea, 1939-42 Malcolm Murfett Chapter Ten: Redemption, 1943-45 Malcolm Murfett Conclusion Alan James, Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, and Malcolm Murfett Index