BRITAIN'S NAVAL ROUTE TO GREATNESS 1688-1815

From the Armada to the Glorious Revolution 1588-1688, To Defend the Revolution 1689-1716, War From Problems to Victories 1739-48, Deterrents and Defeat 1764-83, To Confront a Revolution 1793-1802 and Defeating an Emperor and Fighting A Republic 1803-15 are among the chapters of this book. The key importance of naval success in Britain's rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support. Jeremy Black takes us from the successful Dutch invasion of 1688 to the long sequence of British successes in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Here we have battles and dockyards, the details of naval combat, and the finer points of political support for building and sustaining the largest navy in the world. Thanks to the Navy, Britain survived as an independent state, and moulded the world. Eight pages of colour plates and notes. 287 pages.