Man lives on land, but the seas of the world are crucial to his lot.
Focusing on navies as instruments of power and analysing what they indicate
about the nature of state systems and cultures all over the world, Black provides an
overview of the most significant debates within the field. Organised into key historical
periods and accessibly framed, this wide-ranging account emphasises the links between past
and present throughout the history of naval power.
JEREMY BLACK is Professor of History at the University of Exeter,
UK. He is an authority on early modern British and continental European history, with
special interest in international relations, military history, the press, and historical
atlases. A prolific historian, he is the author of over sixty books in addition to over a
dozen edited volumes. Among his most recently published books are The English Seaborne
Empire (Yale University Press, 2004); Rethinking Military History (Routledge, 2004); The
Hanoverians: The History of the Dynasty (Hambledon& London, 2004); Using History
(Hodder Arnold, 2005); and George III: America's Last King (Yale University Press, 2006)
Table of Contents
Introduction
1500-1660
1660-1775
1775-1815
1815-1914
1914-45
1945-2010
The Future
Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
280 pages, Paperback