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Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001 (Naval Campaigns/Modern World 3)
Peter Padfield
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Freedom of expression and individual enterprise have distinguished the societies of powers dominant at sea; and since supreme maritime nations have prevailed over their territorial rivals in the great wars of the modern era, it is they who have created today's world. In this final volume of his masterful trilogy, Peter Padfield carries the theme through the terrible wars of the last century to the present, 'offering up sea battles as vivid as any you will find in Patrick O'Brien' (Wall Street Journal).
Freedom of expression and individual enterprise have distinguished the societies of powers dominant at sea; and since supreme maritime nations have prevailed over their territorial rivals in the great wars of the modern era, it is they who have created today's world. In this final volume of his masterful trilogy, Peter Padfield carries the theme through the terrible wars of the last century to the present, 'offering up sea battles as vivid as any you will find in Patrick O'Brien' (Wall Street Journal).
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719566066
SKU
KOG0000437
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Padfield
Peter Padfield was born in British India but educated in England. After service as a navigating officer in P&O liners to India and Australia, he sailed in the replica seventeenth-century bark, Mayflower II, on her recreation of the Pilgrim Fathers' voyage. Subsequently he worked a passage to the Pacific and sailed local craft in the Solomon Islands. He has since ... Read more
Reviews for Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001 (Naval Campaigns/Modern World 3)
'Ambitious, hugely enjoyable ... this lucid, passionately argued and beautifully written history ranks among the finest of recent times'
Saul David, Sunday Times 'Padfield's latest work ... reaches heights of brilliance, combining thrilling narrative with razor-sharp insights into underlying historical trends ... a joy to read'
BBC History Magazine 'Exceptional author ... there will ... Read more
Saul David, Sunday Times 'Padfield's latest work ... reaches heights of brilliance, combining thrilling narrative with razor-sharp insights into underlying historical trends ... a joy to read'
BBC History Magazine 'Exceptional author ... there will ... Read more