The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain de Alfred Thayer Mahan

The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

Alfred Thayer Mahan

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2013

Horatio Nelson is the most famous seaman in British history. Many books about him have appeared until today but the study of Alfred Thayer Mahan, published in 1897, is still one of the best written pieces and a standard work in the field of Nelson's biography research. It was part of Mahan's seapower studies and contains Nelson's impressive life story as well as Mahan's own view on naval strategy and warfare tactics.It is essential to the completeness and rounding off of the author's discussion of the Influence of Sea Power, that he present a study, from his own point of view, of the one man who in himself summed up and embodied the greatness of the possibilities which Sea Power comprehends, - the man for whom genius and opportunity worked together, to make him the personification of the Navy of Great Britain.Reprint of the original edition from 1897. Volume 2 of 2.Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was a US Navy officer and author of influential marine history and strategy books. His work The Influence of Sea Power upon History, published in 1890, established the modern US Navy doctrine of maritime predominance: the higher the naval power of a country, the greater its global impact. Mahan's concepts of naval war tactics were adapted by many navies all over the world.

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Paperback (4)

443^.74 lei 3-5 săpt.

Europäischer Hochschulverlag – 27 mai 2013

443^.74 lei 3-5 săpt.

Europäischer Hochschulverlag – 27 mai 2013

448^.64 lei 3-5 săpt.

Cambridge University Press – 16 feb 2011

465^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.

Cambridge University Press – 16 feb 2011

516^.95 lei 6-8 săpt.

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1. The first twenty-five years; 2. Cruise of the 'Boreas'. Controversy over the enforcement of the Navigation Act. Return to England. Retirement until the outbreak of the French Revolution. Appointed to command the 'Agamemnon'. 1784–1793; 3. Nelson's departure from England in the 'Agamemnon'. Services in the Mediterranean until the recovery of Toulon by the French. Lord Hood in command. February–December, 1793; 4. Reduction of Corsica by the British. Departure of Lord Hood for England. The 'Agamemnon' refitted at Leghorn. January–December, 1794; 5. Nelson's services with the Fleet in the Mediterranean under Admiral Hotham. Partial fleet actions of March 13 and 14, and July 13. Nelson ordered to command a detached squadron co-operating with the Austrian army in the Riviera of Genoa. January–July, 1795; 6. Nelson's command of a detached squadron on the Riviera of Genoa, until the defeat of the Austrians at the Battle of Loano. Sir John Jervis appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. July–December, 1795; 7. Nelson's services in the Mediterranean during the year 1796. Bonaparte's Italian campaign. The British abandon Corsica, and the Fleet leaves the Mediterranean. January–December, 1796; 8. The evacuation of Elba. Night combat with two Spanish frigates. Battle of Cape St. Vincent. Nelson promoted to Rear-Admiral. Services before Cadiz. December, 1796–June, 1797; 9. The unsuccessful attempt against Teneriffe. Nelson loses his right arm. Return to England. Rejoins St. Vincent's fleet, and sent into the Mediterranean to watch the Toulon armament. July, 1797–May, 1798; 10. The campaign and battle of the Nile. May–September, 1798; 11. Nelson's return from Egypt to Naples. Meeting with Lady Hamilton. Association with the court of Naples. War between Naples and France. Defeat of the Neapolitans. Flight of the court to Palermo. September–December, 1798; 12. Nelson's career, and general events in the Mediterranean and Italy, from the overthrow of the royal government in Naples to the incursion of the French fleet under Admiral Bruix. January–May, 1799; 13. From the incursion of the French fleet under Bruix to the restoration of the royal authority at Naples. The Caracciolo execution. Nelson's disobedience to Admiral Lord Keith. May–July, 1799.