Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century
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Author_Sam Willis
Battles
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Command
Eighteenth century
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Naval warfare
Sailing warfare
Ships
Strategy
Tactics
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- ISBN 9781843833673
- Weight: 532g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2008
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair.
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists[rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea inthe eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did.
DR SAM WILLIS is one of the UK's best-known historians. He has written more than twenty books, many on maritime and naval history, and presented more than ten multi-part history documentaries for the BBC and National Geographic including the BBC's The Silk Road which has been viewed by tens of millions worldwide.
