Broadsides : The Age Of Fighting Sail
Author(s): Nathan Miller
SECONDHAND BOOKS | MILITARY HISTORY
A one-volume history of the age of fighting sail, 1775-1815. The book covers all the major campaigns' battles as well as political and social background to the naval operations.
2000. A trade paperback copy only marked by minor bumping to the corners of the wraps.
Product Information
Preface; Prologue; Attack, Take, or Destroy ; Uncombined Operations; Revolution Becomes World War; Sea Fights Classic Style; The World...Turned Upside Down ; Sea Fight New Style; Heart of Oak ; To Glory We Steer ; Engage the Enemy Closer ; Nelson's Patent Bridge ; A Breeze at Spithead ; Proud New Frigates; A Band of Brothers ; Naples Is a Dangerous Place ; Of Nelson and the North; To the Shores of Tripoli ; ...He Will Not Come by Water ; The Long Watch; England Expects..; ...The Beautiful Precision of Our Fire ; Free Trade and Sailors' Rights; Tattered Ensigns; Epilogue; Appendix I: The Composition of the Royal Navy, 1793-1816; Appendix II: Nelson's Trafalgar Memorandum; Maps; Bibliography; Index.
General Fields
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- : John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- : 0.567
- : 01 September 2000
- : 234mm X 155mm X 27mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : illustrations maps, portraits
- : 400
- : 359.009033
- : New edition
- : Paperback
- : Nathan Miller