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The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery

Paul Kennedy`s classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain`s rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural `sons of the waves`, he suggests instead that the country`s fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between `continental` and `maritime` schools of strategy over Britain`s policy in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery. `Excellent and stimulating` Correlli Barnett `The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history` Michael Howard, Sunday Times `By far the best study that has ever been done on the subject …a sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page` Daniel A.Baugh, International History Review `The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us` Jon Sumida, Journal of Modern History

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