The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare (original 1988; edition 1989)

by John Keegan

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In BATTLE AT SEA, John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, THE FACE OF BATTLE. He concentrates on four key conflicts- Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through the centuries.… (more)

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Title:	The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
Authors:	John Keegan
Info:	The Viking Press (1989), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 292 pages
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This book is a deep dive into a rather obscure subject, but Keegan is very good at clearly laying out his theories. I enjoyed it and now know a whole bunch about a topic that will probably never come up. (

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BBrookes | Dec 8, 2023 |

history of modern navel warfare from Tralfager to WW II, role of carriers eclipsed by submarines

ritaer | Apr 22, 2020 |

Interesting but no persuasive. I like Keegan's books but this is not one of his better ones. (

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jamespurcell | Feb 18, 2020 |

The best part of this book is Keegan's introduction, which is a brilliant synopsis of how naval warfare came about out of the development of civilized trade and then piracy. Keegan was the best military historian of the 20th century, but his writing and insights are not as good as Victor Davis Hanson's, whom he mentored and opened the field for. (

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JayLivernois | Jun 6, 2019 |

Finely detailed historical setting for modern naval warfare, including gripping descriptions of classic naval battles and informative treatment of the "dreadnought" races around the turn of the 20th century. (

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rsubber | Nov 10, 2012 |

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The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

Original title

The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

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Battle at Sea: From Man-of-War to Submarine

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1988

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

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Dedication

In memory
of my grandfather
John Bridgman
(1882 - 1954)
Of Toomdeely, County Limerick
and for my son
Thomas John Bridgman Keegan
and my grandson
Benjamin Bridgman Newmark

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(Introduction): How men have fought at sea, in the period from the heyday of the ship of the line to the coming of the submarine, is the subject of this book.

'Like a great wood on our lee bow', Able Seaman Brown of Nelson's Victory called his sight of the masts of the French and Spanish fleets, breaking the Atlantic skylineoff the coast of Spain at first light no the morning of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.

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"Battle at Sea: From Man of War to Submarine" was originally published as "The Price of Admiralty".

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In BATTLE AT SEA, John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, THE FACE OF BATTLE. He concentrates on four key conflicts- Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through the centuries.

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