Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World 1788-1851 (Paperback)

by Peter Padfield (Author)

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd (16 Feb 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0719562937
ISBN-13: 978-0719562938
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 740,591 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Peter Padfield is the best naval historian of his generation' -- John Keegan 'Peter Padfield's virtues as a naval historian are in giving us the rounded picture, both large and small. He is as good on strategy and tactics as on the technicalities of signalling and gunnery. He is as much a master of sailing-ship language as an observer of the crews that manned them' -- Ludovic Kennedy, Telegraph 'His sources are rich and well employed in many of the quotations ! An extremely fine and readable naval narrative' -- Paul Kennedy, Sunday TImes 20030727 'Those ready for an adult education in the history of war will be satisfied and those just wanting a good read enthralled ! On naval warfare Padfield is masterly, splicing together the strategic, tactical, technological' -- Tom Pocock, Literary Review 20030701 'His pithy narratives of battle are as gripping as anything written by Patrick O'Brian. But his real achievement lies in the way he places all his descriptions in a wider context to present a convincing thesis about the nature of naval power and the governments that support it' -- Sunday Times 20040215 'Maritime Power is a worthy successor to Padfield's previous book ... It contains enough insight, clarity and drama to delight in its own right. I eagerly await the concluding volume' -- Saul David, Sunday Telegraph 20040215

Paul Kennedy, Sunday TImes

‘His sources are rich and well employed in many of the quotations … An extremely fine and readable naval narrative’

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