[( Maritime Power & the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851 )] [by: Peter Padfield] [Mar-2006]
Maritime Power & the Struggle for Freedom The Mountbatten Maritime Prize-winning author of Maritime Supremacy provides a dramatic description of historical naval warfare combined with an analysis of the causes of victory, offering insight into how sea powers often prevailed over land-based empires. Reprint. Full description