Navies of Europe

by Sondhaus,Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780582506138
• ISBN10: 0582506131
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-08-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Europe ruled the waves for most of the modern era and even when its navies were eclipsed in size by the US force, they continued to dominate world wars. In this unique history of Europe's naval forces, Larry Sondhaus charts the development of naval warfare from the transition to steam to recent actions in the Persian Gulf. Combining detailed technical information with an in-depth comparison of warfare and tactics across some of the key conflicts of the modern world, this is an absorbing account of European and British seapower, past and present.

Author Biography

Lawrence Sondhaus is Professor of History, University of Indianapolis.

Table of Contents

List of maps and plates	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Maps	p. xv
From Sail to Steam, 1815-40	p. 1
Midcentury Transitions, 1840-55	p. 23
The Emergence of the Armored Warship, 1855-78	p. 50
Torpedo Warfare, Cruisers, and the Jeune Ecole, 1878-89	p. 85
The Battleship Renaissance, 1889-1906	p. 106
The Dreadnought Era and First World War, 1906-22	p. 140
The Interwar Period and Second World War, 1922-45	p. 204
European Navies in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-91	p. 275
The Present and Future of European Navies	p. 322
Bibliography	p. 338
Index	p. 353
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