From Sail to Steam, and The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 [Illustrated]

by A. T. Mahan

Overview

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index
• two complete books - From Sail to Steam - Recollections of Naval Life, and The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

CONTENTS
From Sail to Steam
Preface
Introducing Myself
I. Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Officers and Seamen
II. Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Vessels
III. The Naval Academy in its Relation to the Navy at Large
IV. The Naval Academy in its Interior Workings—Practice Cruises
V. My First Cruise after Graduation—Nautical Characters
VI. My First Cruise After Graduation—Nautical Scenes and Scenery—the Approach of Disunion
VII. Incidents of War and Blockade Service
VIII. Incidents of War and Blockade Service—Continued
IX. A Roundabout Road to China
X. China and Japan
XI. The Turning of a Long Lane—Historical, Naval, and Personal
XII. Experiences of Authorship

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
INTRODUCTORY.
History of Sea Power one of contest between nations, therefore largely military
CHAPTER I.
Discussion of the Elements of Sea Power.
CHAPTER II.
State of Europe in 1660.—Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-1667.—Sea Battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days
CHAPTER III.
War of England and France in Alliance against the United Provinces, 1672-1674.—Finally, of France against Combined Europe, 1674-1678.—Sea Battles of Solebay, the Texel, and Stromboli.
CHAPTER IV.
English Revolution.—War of the League of Augsburg, 1688-1697.—Sea Battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue.
CHAPTER V.
War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713.—Sea Battle Of Malaga.
CHAPTER VI.
The Regency in France.—Alberoni in Spain.—Policies of Walpole and Fleuri.—War of the Polish Succession.—English Contraband Trade in Spanish America.—Great Britain declares War against Spain.—1715-1739.
CHAPTER VII.
War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739.—War of the Austrian Succession, 1740.—France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744.—Sea Battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke.—Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.
CHAPTER VIII.
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.—England's Overwhelming Power and Conquests on the Seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies.—Sea Battles: Byng off Minorca; Hawke and Conflans; Pocock and D'Aché in East Indies.
CHAPTER IX.
Course of Events from the Peace of Paris to 1778.—Maritime War Consequent upon the American Revolution.—Sea Battle off Ushant.
CHAPTER X.
Maritime War in North America and West Indies, 1778-1781.—Its Influence upon the Course of the American Revolution.—Fleet Actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay.
CHAPTER XI.
Maritime War in Europe, 1779-1782.
CHAPTER XII.
Events in the East Indies, 1778-1781.—Suffren sails from Brest for India, 1781.—His Brilliant Naval Campaign in the Indian Seas, 1782, 1783.
CHAPTER XIII.
Events in the West Indies after the Surrender of Yorktown.— Encounters of De Grasse with Hood.—The Sea Battle of the Saints.—1781-1782.
CHAPTER XIV.
Critical Discussion of the Maritime War of 1778.
Index

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015896510
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	10/29/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

"Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 – 1914) was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."" -- Wikipedia