A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL THE PRESENT.
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
toconsider 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_, _Dictionaryof
British Naval Battles_ and _The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia,
1854-56_.
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9781787442368
Publisert
2020
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Boydell Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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