The British Navy in the Mediterranean Contributor(s): Grainger, John D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783272317 ISBN-13: 9781783272310 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 359.009 |
LCCN: 2018300652 |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.39 lbs) 322 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times, through the Crusades, and to the seventeenth century, when the Barbary corsairs became a major problem. It outlines Britain's involvement in the wars of the long eighteenth century, when Britain obtained bases at Gibraltar, Minorca and Malta and repeatedly defeated the French and Spanish navies. It examines the navy's activities during the First and Second World Wars, when the Mediterranean was again of crucial strategic significance and a major theatre of war, and goes on to consider Britain's withdrawal from the Mediterranean in the later twentieth century. Throughout, the book relates naval activity to patterns of trade, including the rise and decline of the Levant Company, and to wider international politics. JOHN D. GRAINGER is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including seven previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The British Navy in the Baltic, Dictionary of British Naval Battles and The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grainger, John D.: - John D. Grainger is a former teacher turned professional historian. He has over thirty books to his name, divided between classical history and modern British political and military history. His previous books for Pen & Sword are Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars; Wars of the Maccabees; Traditional Enemies: Britain's War with Vichy France 1940-42; Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea; Rome, Parthia and India: The Violent Emergence of a New World Order: 150-140 BC; a three-volume history of the Seleukid Empire and British Campaigns in the South Atlantic 1805-1807. |