Fighting Ships: From the Ancient World to 1750, Willis, Sam

Автор: Willis, Sam
Название: Fighting at sea in the eighteenth century
ISBN: 1843833670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843833673
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists [rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850 (Quercus).

Автор: Willis Sam
Название: Shipwreck
ISBN: 1848664338 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848664333
Издательство: Hodder
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Описание: The drama and tragedy behind history`s most infamous shipwrecks.

Автор: Willis Sam
Название: Struggle for Sea Power
ISBN: 184887846X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848878464
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Описание: In unprecedented and gripping detail, one of Britain`s foremost naval historians explores a crucial period in the making of the modern world.

Автор: Willis Sam
Название: In the Hour of Victory
ISBN: 0857895702 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857895707
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Описание: The story of the greatest victories from the British navy`s golden age, told through never-before-seen letters written by the officers at the heart of these battles.

Автор: Willis Sam
Название: Fighting Ships 1850-1950
ISBN: 1848667027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848667020
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Описание: A magnificent record of 100 years of naval history, from the Crimean War to World War II.

Автор: Willis Sam
Название: In the Hour of Victory
ISBN: 0857895737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857895738
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Описание: `Sam Willis has pulled off another notable coup in bringing to light these original dispatches, which add so much knowledge, and so much colour and interest, to a period we thought we knew so well.` N.A.M. Rodger