Navies in Modern World History Sondhaus Hardback Reaktion Books 9781861892027

Navies in Modern World HistoryAuthor(s): Lawrence Sondhaus\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Reaktion Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Reaktion Books\nISBN-13: 9781861892027, 978-1861892027\nSynopsis\nNavies in Modern World History traces the role of navies in history from the early nineteenth century, through both World Wars, to the dawn of the twenty-first century and beyond.\n\nIn a series of case studies Lawrence Sondhaus examines the national fleets of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Brazil, Chile and the Soviet Union, and demonstrates the variety of ways in which each country has made decisive use of naval power. In each case the author argues that the navy in question helped change the course of modern world history; he also systematically analyses the challenges navies faced in assembling matriel, training personnel and performing their mission.\n\nThis book discusses the leading role of navies and shipbuilders in key technological innovations of the nineteenth.