Grove examines sea power and maritime strategy at the dawn of the 21st Century, the use of the sea as an economic and as a miliary medium, the evolving shape of maritime operations, and the implicatio
This book fills an important gap in the literature on the history of the modern Royal Navy. Eric Grove provides the only up-to-date, single-authored short history of the service over the last two hun
Stephen Roskill's magnificent biography explains why Admiral David Beatty has come to be seen as Britain's last naval hero. His early promise led to fast promotion and he became the youngest admiral s
In the early 20th century this book was required reading in any study of naval strategy. Though this work pre-dates the airplane, submarine, and missile, it still should be basic reading for students
Originally published in 1967, this respected reference work describes how the Victorian Royal Navy's fleet of small warships enforced the Pax Brittanica for fifty years. Coverage spans the period from
