Talking about naval history : a collection of essays / John B. Hattendorf.

Author
Hattendorf, John B. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Newport, R.I. : Naval War College Press, 2011.
Description
xiv, 354 p. ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    • U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 19. [More in this series]
    • Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 19
    Notes
    Shipping list no.: 2012-0153-P.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-333) and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword / by James P. Wisecup
    • Introduction
    • pt. 1: The field of Maritime history. The uses of maritime history in and for the navy
    • Our naval heritage is in danger
    • Maritime history, the history of nautical science, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of maritime history
    • The horizons of maritime history
    • pt. 2: General naval history, 1652-1815. Navies, strategy, and tactics in the Age of De Ruyter
    • "To aid and assist the other" : Anglo-Dutch naval cooperation in coalition warfare at sea, 1689-1714
    • The Caird Lecture, 2000 : the Anglo-French naval wars (1689-1815) in twentieth-century naval thought
    • Nelson's legacy : a hero among the world's navies
    • Strategy, tactics, and leadership : the legacy of Trafalgar in professional naval thought around the world
    • Whither with Nelson and Trafalgar? The bicentenary scholarship of the Nelson Era
    • The James Ford Bell Lecture, 2008 : fact in fiction about life at sea in the 18th century : understanding the naval novel and the world of Aubrey and Maturin
    • pt. 3: American naval history, 1775-2010. The formation and roles of the Continental Navy, 1775-1785
    • The Expédition Particulière of 1780-1781 as a joint and combined operation
    • Sea versus shore : amphibious warfare, theory, and the War of 1812
    • The U.S. Navy's nineteenth-century forward stations
    • "In a far more thorough manner" : the professionalization of the U.S. Navy at the dawn of the twentieth century
    • American naval bases in Europe
    • The past as prologue : the changing roles of sea power during the twentieth century
    • pt. 4: Naval theory and history. Rear Admiral Henry E. Eccles and the "lessons of Suez," 1956-1968
    • Globalisation and navies : some considerations for naval theory
    • Appendix: Bibliography of books and articles by John B. Hattendorf, 1960-2011.
    ISBN
    • 9781884733741 (pbk.)
    • 1884733743 (pbk.)
    SuDoc no.
    D 208.210:19
    LCCN
    2011001541
    OCLC
    697612920
    RCP
    C - S
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