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In this first detailed examination of the History of British sea power since Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power on History, Professor Kennedy argues that Britain's naval strength has always been bound up with her economic growth and decline. In placing emphasis upon the economic factor, in calling into question Britain's 'natural' bias towards the overseas and maritime world, and in analysing her fall as a naval, colonial and economic Great Power, Kennedy offers a fresh approach to the studyof British naval history and a challenge to traditional assumptions and historiography about the Royal Navy.
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The well-known and widely respected author of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS.
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"As soon as it appeared in 1976, Paul M. Kennedy's magisterial survey of the historical role and significance of British seapower was recognized by serious naval historians as a work of the first importance. The book's publication in paperback provides an opportunity to recommend it to students of international relations, for its main objective is to place British naval power in broad geopolitical context. This is by far the most important survey of British naval history since Sir Herbert Richmond's Statesmen and Sea Power (1946) and in some ways it is more important."
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- PublisherPenguin UK
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0141390476
- ISBN 13 9780141390475
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. A brand new, unopened and unread paperback copy with a small grubby mark on the top page edges. Otherwise immaculate. Paul Kennedy's absorbing and detailed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves,' he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between 'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy in times of war. Illustrated. Paperback, pictorial front cover, thick 8vo: xviij, 406pp., [6]pp., 10 maps, epilogue, references, general bibliography, index. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Seller Inventory # ABE-1637748484116
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