| The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bruijn, Jaap R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0986497355 ISBN-13: 9780986497353 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Maritime History & Piracy |
| Dewey: 359.009 |
| LCCN: 2011508275 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.2" W x 6.1" 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a reprint of Jaap R. Bruijn's 1993 book, The Dutch Navy, which offers an English-language overview of the history of the Dutch Navy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is divided into three chronological periods: the 'old', 'new', and 'second-rate' navy. Rather than presenting a history of naval conflict, this volume approaches Dutch naval history from the following four angles: operations, administration, officer duties, and sailor duties. It consists of a series foreword, a new introduction detailing recent developments in naval historiography, the original introduction providing a history of Dutch maritime history from the middle ages to the beginning of the seventeenth century, a conclusion, and a bibliography and index. It explores the astounding amount of naval power belonging to such a sparsely populated nation, plus the rapid rates of success and decline. It confirms that the Dutch navy - with its logic, innovation, and missteps alike - provides an excellent case study of both the development of European bureaucracy and armed forces in the Early Modern period. |
