B. Gough
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2014
9781349346349
Pax Britannica
Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace before Armageddon
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781349346349
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Britain and the World
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349346349
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Serie:Britain and the World
Inhoudsopgave
1. Defining Pax Britannica 2. Empire of the Seas 3. Anchors of Empire 4. Surveying the Seas, Expanding the Empire of Science 5. Informal and Formal Empires in the Americas 6. Challenges of Europe, the Mediterrarnean, and the Black Sea 7. Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China Seas 8. Imperial Web in the South Pacific 9. Send a Gunboat! 10. Anti-Slaver: West Affrica and the Americas 11. Treaty Making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean 12. Darkening Horizons 13. The Lion and the Eagle 14. Trident Bearers: The Navy as Britannia's Instrument 15. Recessional: End of Pax Britannica and the American Inheritance