Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom : Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851 - Softcover

Padfield, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585677485 ISBN 13: 9781585677481

Publisher: Abrams Press, 2006

Synopsis

In the history of warfare at sea, no era can match the glory of the Nelson era, during which Britain gained supremacy over her rival, Napoleonic France, in the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805, and after which she was to find a new rival, the young United States, in the War of 1812. With keen insight into the geopolitical dynamics of the nineteenth century and thrilling mastery of narrative detail, Peter Padfield sets the reader on the gun deck amid the cannons, smoke, blood, and death and "offers naval campaigns and sea battles as vivid as anything you will find in Patrick O'Brian" (former secretary of the U.S. Navy John Lehman, The Wall Street Journal).

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Padfield is wi trilogy includes Maritime Power and Maritime Supremacy, both published by Overlook. His work as a naval historian received the Mountbatten Maritime Prize.

Review:

'Peter Padfield is the best naval historian of his generation' -- John Keegan 'Peter Padfield's virtues as a naval historian are in giving us the rounded picture, both large and small. He is as good on strategy and tactics as on the technicalities of signalling and gunnery. He is as much a master of sailing-ship language as an observer of the crews that manned them' -- Ludovic Kennedy, Telegraph 'His sources are rich and well employed in many of the quotations ! An extremely fine and readable naval narrative' -- Paul Kennedy, Sunday TImes 20030727 'Those ready for an adult education in the history of war will be satisfied and those just wanting a good read enthralled ! On naval warfare Padfield is masterly, splicing together the strategic, tactical, technological' -- Tom Pocock, Literary Review 20030701 'His pithy narratives of battle are as gripping as anything written by Patrick O'Brian. But his real achievement lies in the way he places all his descriptions in a wider context to present a convincing thesis about the nature of naval power and the governments that support it' -- Sunday Times 20040215 'Maritime Power is a worthy successor to Padfield's previous book ... It contains enough insight, clarity and drama to delight in its own right. I eagerly await the concluding volume' -- Saul David, Sunday Telegraph 20040215

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1585677485
• ISBN 13: 9781585677481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480