The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748Boydell & Brewer, 2010 - 374 sidor "The British involvement in the war of 1739-1748 has been generally neglected. Standing between the great victories of Marlborough in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713) and the even greater victories of the Seven Years War (1756-1763), it has been dismissed as inconclusive and incompetently managed. For the first time this book brings together the political and operational conduct of the war to explore its contribution to a critical development in British history during the eighteenth century - the emergence of Britain as the paramount global naval power. The war posed a unique set of problems for British politicians, statesmen and servicemen. They had to overcome domestic and diplomatic crises, culminating in the rebellion of 1745 and the threat of French invasion. Yet, far from being incompetent, these people handled the crises and learned a great deal about the conduct of global warfare. The changes they made and decisions they took prepared Britain for the decisive Anglo-French clash of arms in the Seven Years War. In this misunderstood war lie some of the key factors that made Britain the greatest naval power for the next one hundred and fifty years." --book cover. |
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The Route to War 17381739 | 9 |
Mobilisation and the Outbreak of War JuneOctober 1739 | 29 |
The Opening Moves October 1739January 1741 | 57 |
4 | 97 |
Shifting Focus the Growth of the Continental Commitment | 121 |
ол | 152 |
War with France and Crisis of the Worms Policy | 184 |
Rebellion and the End of the Flanders Policy | 219 |
JanuaryDecember 1745 | 271 |
the End in Europe and America | 298 |
The Peace and British Naval Power | 336 |
Bibliography | 349 |
364 | |
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