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14 produkter
Two-Edged Sword
The Navy As an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy
Häftad, 2013
510 kr
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In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support …
Britannia's Palette
The Arts of Naval Victory
E-bok, 2007
1072 kr
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Britannia''s Palette looks at the lives of British artists who witnessed the naval war against the French Republic and Empire between 1793 and 1815. This band of brothers, through their artistic and entrepreneurial efforts, established the images of the war at sea that were central to the …
Two-Edged Sword
The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy
E-bok, 2012
485 kr
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In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy''s contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support …
Two-Edged Sword
The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy
E-bok, 2012
485 kr
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In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy''s contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support …
Attack on Maritime Trade
E-bok, 1991
410 kr
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This text explores the motives for attacks on maritime trade over the last five centuries and assesses the strategic utility of that form of naval action. The author has also written "Navies, Deterrence and American Independence".
Nelson's Battles
The Triumph of British Seapower
E-bok, 2008
708 kr
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From his first dramatic initiatives at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797 to his last battle at Trafalgar in 1805, Horatio Nelson was a force to be reckoned with and a hero to his countrymen. This illuminating study of the battles that played such an important role in Napoleon''s defeat also takes a …
Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion
E-bok, 2010
158 kr
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This authoritative history chronicles the Royal Navy''s decisive yet little-known victory over the French during the Seven Years'' War.In the mid-18th century, with virtually no regular troops at home, Britain was especially vulnerable to the immanent threat of French invasion. In a cunning naval …
Nelson's Battles
The Triumph of British Seapower
E-bok, 2008
142 kr
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Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant …
Master & Madman
The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN
Av Nicholas Tracy, Peter Thomas
E-bok, 2012
15 kr
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Anthony Lockwoods story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has never taken centre stage in its history. His naval career described by himself as twenty five years incessant peregrination followed a somewhat erratic course but almost exactly spanned the period of the French …
Nelson's Battles
The Triumph of British Seapower
E-bok, 2008
147 kr
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A revised & updated study of Admiral Horatio Nelson''s battles, as well as his ships, armaments, tactics, signals and instructions."From St. Vincent to Trafalgar, all Nelson''s battles are here. It''s a handsome, well-presented book, with many illustrations and maps to further explain the …
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion
E-bok, 2021
124 kr
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Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it 'the Trafalgar of this war [the Seven Years War]'. Arguably it was even more vital. Britain in 1759 was much less well-defended, with virtually no …
Britannia's Palette
The Arts of Naval Victory
Inbunden, 2007
1443 kr
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Britannia's Palette looks at the lives of British artists who witnessed the naval war against the French Republic and Empire between 1793 and 1815. This band of brothers, through their artistic and entrepreneurial efforts, established the images of the war at sea that were central to the …
Attack on Maritime Trade
Inbunden, 1991
552 kr
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One of the key functions of Canadian armed forces in the Gulf War was the naval enforcement of the trade embargo on Iraq. Such action has been considered a critical component of international affairs for centuries. In this study Nicholas Tracy considers the motives for attack on maritime trade, and …
Manila Ransomed
The British Assault on Manila in the Seven Years War
Häftad, 1995
470 kr
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In 1762, at the end of the Seven Years War, a small but technically proficient force of British Army regulars and East India Company soldiers, supported by the ships and men of the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy, sailed from Madras to capture Manila. Commanded by General William Draper and …
