Battle at sea : 3, 000 years of naval warfare /: 3, 000 years of naval warfare. (2010)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Battle at sea : 3, 000 years of naval warfare /: 3, 000 years of naval warfare. (2010)
- Main Title:
- Battle at sea : 3, 000 years of naval warfare
- Further Information:
- Note: R.G. Grant.
- Other Names:
- Grant, R. G
- Contents:
- The age of galleys, 1200 BCE-1550 CE -- Overview -- Early naval battles and the rise of the Greeks -- The Persian Wars -- The Peloponnesian War -- Roman navel warfare -- The first Punic War -- Rome achieves mastery of the Mediterranean -- Naval warfare in Asia -- China, Japan, and Korea -- Battles for the Mediterranean -- Byzantine-Arab Wars -- The rise of the Italian Maritime Republics -- The war for Sicily -- The rise of sail -- The Vikings -- Sea battles in Northern Europe -- The Ottomans -- Christian navies against the Turks -- Gan, sail, and empire, 1550-1830 -- Overview -- Japan and Korea -- Japanese invasion of Korea -- Oceanic empires -- Spanish Wars -- After the Armada -- The rise of Dutch sea power -- Rivalry across the North Sea -- First Anglo-Dutch War -- Second Anglo-Dutch War -- Third Anglo-Dutch War -- The Sun King's Navy -- The French Wars -- Baltic conflicts -- Sweden fights for domination -- The Great Northern War -- The Russo-Swedish War -- Maintaining British Naval power -- Royal Navy battles -- Seven years war -- The American Revolutionary War -- The age of Nelson -- French Revolutionary Wars -- Napoleonic Wars -- Early 19th century battles -- The United States at War -- Wars of independence -- Later Ottoman battles -- Steam and steel, 1830-1918 -- Overview -- New Navies of Europe -- European Wars: from sail to steam -- Gunboat imperialism -- The Americas at war -- The American Civil War -- Spanish and Latin-American conflicts -- Rise of the ImperialThe age of galleys, 1200 BCE-1550 CE -- Overview -- Early naval battles and the rise of the Greeks -- The Persian Wars -- The Peloponnesian War -- Roman navel warfare -- The first Punic War -- Rome achieves mastery of the Mediterranean -- Naval warfare in Asia -- China, Japan, and Korea -- Battles for the Mediterranean -- Byzantine-Arab Wars -- The rise of the Italian Maritime Republics -- The war for Sicily -- The rise of sail -- The Vikings -- Sea battles in Northern Europe -- The Ottomans -- Christian navies against the Turks -- Gan, sail, and empire, 1550-1830 -- Overview -- Japan and Korea -- Japanese invasion of Korea -- Oceanic empires -- Spanish Wars -- After the Armada -- The rise of Dutch sea power -- Rivalry across the North Sea -- First Anglo-Dutch War -- Second Anglo-Dutch War -- Third Anglo-Dutch War -- The Sun King's Navy -- The French Wars -- Baltic conflicts -- Sweden fights for domination -- The Great Northern War -- The Russo-Swedish War -- Maintaining British Naval power -- Royal Navy battles -- Seven years war -- The American Revolutionary War -- The age of Nelson -- French Revolutionary Wars -- Napoleonic Wars -- Early 19th century battles -- The United States at War -- Wars of independence -- Later Ottoman battles -- Steam and steel, 1830-1918 -- Overview -- New Navies of Europe -- European Wars: from sail to steam -- Gunboat imperialism -- The Americas at war -- The American Civil War -- Spanish and Latin-American conflicts -- Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy -- Japanese naval might -- The Russo-Japanese War -- World War I -- Warship battles, 1914-18 -- The U-Boat War, 1914-18 -- Carriers, submarines and missiles, 1918-present -- Overview -- Europe between the wars -- World War II: The West -- Warship battles 1939-45 -- The U-boat war 1939-45 -- Evacuations and landings -- War in the Mediterranean -- World War II: The Pacific -- The Japanese offensive -- The battle for Guadalcanal -- Drive to victory -- Postwar conflicts -- Cold war conflicts -- The Vietnam War -- The Falklands War -- Regional conflicts -- Middle East and Terrorism. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : DK
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (360 pages)
- Subjects:
- 359.009
Naval art and science -- History
Naval history - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781405335058
- Related ISBNs:
- 140533505X
- Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.108229
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- 02_197.xml