Maritime Supremacy

Maritime Supremacy

by PeterPadfield (Author)

Synopsis

In the wars of modern history, maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Hapsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi or Soviet. This work charts the growth of linked strengths - fighting, trading, financial and constitutional - that made them so formidable.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 06 Jul 2000

ISBN 10: 0712664629
ISBN 13: 9780712664622
Book Overview: A masterpiece of naval history- 'Compelling a work of stunning originality. Cogently argued and superbly written, this book confirms Padfield as a historian of the highest order.' Sunday Times

Media Reviews
Compelling--a work of stunning originality. - Sunday Times An original and illuminating book. - Ludovic Kennedy, Daily Telegraph