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The Political Influence of Naval Force in History

By James Cable (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1998
ISBN
978-0-333-67170-2, 978-0-333-99503-7, 978-0-312-21754-9
DOI
10.1057/9780333995037
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11228430 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
VIII, 213\222
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Global and Transnational History; Political SciencHistory of Britain and Ireland; International Rela

Description

For five centuries, since Vasco de Gama's ships began making the Indian Ocean a Portuguese lake, many governments used naval force to serve their political purposes. The sceptre of the seas passed from one nation to another, but political success did not always reward the strongest navy. This selective, international history of naval force as a political instrument, whether in peace or war, ranges from Calicut, navally cannonaded in 1501, to Baghdad, assailed by sea launched missiles in 1991.

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