| Description |
1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Sea and its Parts, and the Royal Navy -- Prologue: The Crusades and After, 1095-c.1550 -- 1. The Levant Company and the Assaults on Cadiz, c.1550-c.1600 -- 2. Corsairs and Civil War, c.1600-1660 -- 3. Tangier and Corsairs, 1660-1690 -- 4. French Wars I, 1688-1713 -- 5. Conflicts with Spain, 1713-1744 -- 6. French Wars II, 1744-1763 -- 7. Two Sieges: Minorca and Gibraltar, 1763-1783 -- 8. French Wars III, 1783-1815 -- 9. Dominance, 1815-1856 -- 10. Ottoman Problems, 1856-1905 -- 11. Great War, 1905-1923 -- 12. Retrenchment and a Greater War, 1923-1945 -- 13. Supersession, from 1945 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Royal Navy fast |
| Subject |
Naval battles -- Mediterranean Sea
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HISTORY -- Military -- Naval.
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Naval battles
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Naval.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056843
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Mediterranean Sea
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Naval history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787442368 |
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1787442365 |
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