Beschreibung:
This important new book examines the slow transition from the timber fleets of Napoleonic times to the might of pre-World War One German and British navies.
Chapter 1 The twilight of sail, 1815-30; Chapter 2 Continuity and change, 1830-50; Chapter 3 The 1850s; Chapter 4 The ironclad revolution; Chapter 5 The 1870s; Chapter 6 The Jeune École; Chapter 7 The rebirth of the battleship; Chapter 8 The dreadnought and the origins of the First World War; Chapter 9 Reflections on deterrence;