Naval Leadership in the Atlantic World : the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1700-1850 /: the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1700-1850. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard Harding and Agustín Guimerá.
• Editors: Harding, Richard, 1953-; Guimerá, Agustín
• Contents: Part One. Naval Leadership: A Voyage of Discovery -- Introduction: Naval Leadership in the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1700-1850 -- 1. The Royal Navy, History and the Study of Leadership -- Part Two. Naval Leadership in the Ancien Régime -- 2. Leadership Networks and the Effectiveness of the British Royal Navy in the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Reputation of Louis XV's Vice-Admirals of France -- 4. Types of Naval Leadership in the Eighteenth Century -- 5. Naval Leadership in a 'Fleet in Being': The Spanish Navy and 'Armed Neutrality' in the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- 6. Admiral Louis Guillouet, Comte d'Orvilliers (1710-92): A Style of Command in the Age of the American War -- 7. Le Bailli Pierre-André de Suffren: A Precursor of Nelson -- Part Three. Naval Leadership and the French Revolution, 1789-1850 --Introduction: Naval Leadership and the French Revolution -- 8. Leadership in the French Navy during the Revolution and Empire. The Optimist and the Pessimist: Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville (1745-1804) and Pierre Charles de Villeneuve (1763-1806) -- 9. Admiral Antonio Barceló, 1716-97: A Self-Made Naval Leader -- 10. Naval Leadership and the 'Art of War': John Jervis and José de Mazarredo Compared (1797-9) -- 11. Luis María de Salazar, Ángel Laborde and the Defence of Cuba, 1825-29: A Study in Combined Leadership -- 12. Napier, Palmerston and Palmella in 1833: The Unofficial Arm of British Diplomacy.
• Publisher Details: London : University of Westminster Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 940.2/3; Naval history -- 18th century; Naval history -- 19th century; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences; Warfare and defence; Naval forces and warfare; HISTORY -- General; HISTORY -- Military -- Naval; Naval history; Führung; Marine; Atlantischer Ozean; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781911534099; 1911534092; 1911534084; 9781911534082
• Related ISBNs: 9781911534105; 1911534106; 9781911534013; 1911534017; 1911534092; 9781911534761; 1911534769; 9781911534082; 1911534084
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 1, 2017).
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