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To rule the waves : how the British Navy shaped the modern world /

by Herman, Arthur.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York HarperCollins c2004Edition: 1st ed.Description: xix, 648 p. : maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0060534249.Other title: How the British Navy shaped the modern world.Subject(s): Great Britain. Royal Navy | Civilization, Modern -- British influences |
Contents:
Incident at San Juan de Ulloa -- Beginnings -- Unknown Limits -- "Incomparable Empyre" -- The World Is Not Enough -- Armada: The Victory That Never Was -- Pirates -- Rock the Nations -- Mr. Pepys's Navy -- Revolution -- Going Global -- Divide and Conquer -- Close Encounters -- The Elephant and the Whale -- Victory at Sea -- Succession -- New World Order -- The Sun Never Sets -- Edge of Battle -- Armageddon-Again -- Into the Twilight -- Conclusion: Long Voyage Home.
Summary: Recounts how Britain’s Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From its beginnings under Henry VIII and adventurers like John Hawkins and Francis Drake, the Royal Navy toppled one world economic system, built by Spain and Portugal after Columbus, and ushered in another--the one in which we still live today. Follows its historiy from the defeat of the Spanish Armada, through the seventeenth century, when the navy came to play a leading role as England became a world power, through the convulsions of Napoleon, the twentieth century, and the downfall of the British Empire itself, as Britain passed its essential elements on to its successor, the United States.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-621) and index.

Incident at San Juan de Ulloa --
Beginnings --
Unknown Limits --
"Incomparable Empyre" --
The World Is Not Enough --
Armada: The Victory That Never Was --
Pirates --
Rock the Nations --
Mr. Pepys's Navy --
Revolution --
Going Global --
Divide and Conquer --
Close Encounters --
The Elephant and the Whale --
Victory at Sea --
Succession --
New World Order --
The Sun Never Sets --
Edge of Battle --
Armageddon-Again --
Into the Twilight --
Conclusion: Long Voyage Home.

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Recounts how Britain’s Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From its beginnings under Henry VIII and adventurers like John Hawkins and Francis Drake, the Royal Navy toppled one world economic system, built by Spain and Portugal after Columbus, and ushered in another--the one in which we still live today. Follows its historiy from the defeat of the Spanish Armada, through the seventeenth century, when the navy came to play a leading role as England became a world power, through the convulsions of Napoleon, the twentieth century, and the downfall of the British Empire itself, as Britain passed its essential elements on to its successor, the United States.

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