The Struggle for Sea Power: A History of the British, French and Spanish Empires and their Naval Wars across Europe - M. B. Synge

Historian M. B. Synge narrates how naval power grew in importance from the 1700s onward, playing a decisive role in the victories of several nation...

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Both volumes of Alfred Thayer Mahan's superbly detailed commentary of French naval prowess during the years of the French Revolution and the subseq...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

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This definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness...

Following the success of For The Love of the Land, this second cook book compiled by Jenny Jefferies and produced by Meze Publishing showcases the ...

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Contrasting the Enlightenments in the three nations, this book demonstrates the primacy and wisdom of the British, exemplified in such thinkers as ...

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The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the Br...

The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the Br...

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Explores the events of the Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the key players. Discover the personalities behind the fight for the throne.Publis...

An original insight into how French soldiers viewed their British opponents during the Napoleonic Wars

The nineteenth century is too often invoked as moment where Britain alone exerted global dominance, without the need for European collaboration. Th...

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Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): John DillonIllustration(s): 9 b/w maps, 9 tablesNumber of pages: 298Collection: Reason to RevolutionPublicati...

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By exploring transnational networks involved in smuggling, privateering, slave trade, marronage, and corruption, Jeppe Mulich illuminates the entan...

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Takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its postwar ownership by Rafael Trujillo, to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama...

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DescriptionThis refreshingly impartial history of the Office of Naval Intelligence is important both because ONI was the first official American in...

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The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe's most important link with the largest country on the continent. This book analyses how succe...

The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe's most important link with the largest country on the continent. This book analyses how succe...

Today's electric power companies compete to provide cleaner electricity. That's a good thing, but progress has come with costs, especially for comm...

Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

Sir John Hawkins was a naval commander and privateer during the Elizabethan era in the 16th century, who explored swathes of the New World amid dan...

The first global history of the Normans, who - beyond the conquest of England - came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.Publ...

"I read this wide-ranging and thoughtful book while sitting on the banks of the Ganges near Varanasi--it's a river already badly polluted, and now ...

DescriptionThe arduous development of a dedicated naval air arm for Germany's resurgent military was fraught with the kind of fierce interservice r...