This book is all about last stands and grand gestures in the face of daunting odds, and all at sea, where there is no safe hiding place, no cover but the sea itself - and who can trust the sea? But sailors are not afraid to fight on it, and in this exciting collection of true stories every kind of naval tactic, aggressive, defensive, piratical, suicidal, in force of numbers or alone, is explored in the fourteen unlinked episodes. In whole, this is a reminder that once, not so long ago, world power was measured at sea rather than on the land or in the air.

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Title: Defiance at Sea: Dramatic Naval War Action
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0304350850
ISBN 13: 9780304350858
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair

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These 14 vivid tales of maritime warfare and daring span the centuries from 1591 to 1982. Go along with Grenville on the Revenge on a doomed mission as he and his British shipmates took on a Spanish fleet -- alone. Then sail with Barfleur and the French at La Hogue (1693), Captain Nelson at Cape St. Vincent (1792), and the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. 14 battles in all.

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Jon Guttman is editor of the leading US magazine HISTORY TODAY, and author of a number of books across naval and military aviation history topics.

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