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Loading... The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815by N. A. M. Rodger
None.  pperez333 | Apr 3, 2013 |  Easy to read survey of the height of British sea power. The scholarship is extraordinary, and thankfully it is combined with an ability to write in the English tongue. It goes far to explain not only the power of the 18th and 19th Century Royal Navy, but also the strengths and the rise of Great Britain. (  ) RobertP | Jul 22, 2011 | Another Royal Navy work.  richardhobbs | Dec 19, 2010 | 2005; HB/DJ; 1st American Edition drake-r8 | Feb 4, 2010 | The alternative title for this work could be "The Impact of Politics and Social Change on the Royal Navy," as Rodger argues that without the need to secure religious liberty and Parliment's ultimate adoption of the fleet it is unlikely that the will would have been found to develop the service most symbolic of Britain, with additional profound results for the building of the British state and the evolution of British society. Which is to say that Protectorate and Restoration England, as authoritarian polities, were not unusual in creating efficient naval power on the fly, but it would seem to take a society-wide commitment to sustain such naval power. This you can learn from reading the conclusions, the rest of the work is a exhaustively detailed examination of the contingincies encountered on the way to the zenith of British naval power. (  ) Shrike58 | Jan 23, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
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Nicholas Rodger describes the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. He covers not only the battles, but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron and how it was financed and directed.… (more)
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I cannot imagine how much effort has invested Mr Rodger in this book.
A clear recommendation for every one interested, for real, in the best moment of the Royal Navy. (