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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.)
To Rule the Waves How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World - P.S.
Author: Arthur Herman
To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian Arthur Herman tells the spellbinding tale of great battles at sea, heroic sailors, vi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060534257
ISBN-10: 0060534257
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 688
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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Fascinating book! The history of the British Navy from its beginning in 1568, both good and bad. The history of the world is viewed from its impact on the British Navy, and the navy's impact on major events. For example, the French and Indian war in the American colonies is a small part of a major, long-running conflict with France, and it's the navy that helped the British infantry win the day. In fact, the British soldiers, Mr. Herman says, were not the best in the world; it was only the navy's skill at getting them and their needed supplies to the critical places that won the major battles!

I can hardly wait to read Mr. Herman's viewpoint on the Scots.


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