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9780283073120

The Habit of Victory; The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945

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  • ISBN13:

    9780283073120

  • ISBN10:

    0283073128

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-11-10
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Summary

More than just a story of battles, this book shows how changes in technology were key to the development of the navy's power, from broadside gunnery to copper-sheathed hulls, from paddle-steamers and iron Dreadnoughts to the invention of submarines and aircraft carriers. We see how the navy played a key role in exploration, from Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Cook's voyages of discovery to Fraser's search for the North-west Passage. Filled with colorful characters--the infamous Captain Kidd, Captain Bligh, Samuel Pepys and Jackie Fisher, Blake, Beatty and Jellicoe--this is an exciting account of heroes and villains, innovators and adventurers, battles lost and won that vividly illustrates one of the most fascinating stories in British military history.

Author Biography

Captain Peter Hore was head of Defence Studies at the MOD. He is also associate editor of Warships: International.

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