Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001

Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001
ISBN-10
0719566061
ISBN-13
9780719566066
Category
Naval battles
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
John Murray Publishers
Author
Peter Padfield

Description

Freedom of expression and individual enterprise have distinguished the societies of powers dominant at sea; and since supreme maritime nations have prevailed over their territorial rivals in the great wars of the modern era, it is they who have created today's world. In this final volume of his masterful trilogy, Peter Padfield carries the theme through the terrible wars of the last century to the present, 'offering up sea battles as vivid as any you will find in Patrick O'Brien' (Wall Street Journal).

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