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The Habit of Victory
Peter Hore
其他書名
The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945
出版Pan, 2006
主題Art / GeneralHistory / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Military / Naval
ISBN03304917179780330491716
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=m51TAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋From the Middle Ages through the glorious defeat of the Armada, the triumphs of Nelson, and the battles of the First and Second World Wars, this gripping history tells how the Royal Navy turned this country into the world's greatest sea power. Based around previously unpublished material from the archives of the National Maritime Museum, including letters, journals and despatches, Captain Hore tells the story of life in the navy as experienced by commanders and ordinary seamen alike. More than a story of battles, this book shows how advances in technology made by the Royal Navy revolutionised their military power, from broadside gunnery to copper-sheathed hulls, from paddle-steamers, and iron Dreadnoughts to the invention of submarines and aircraft carriers. We see how the navy played a key role in exploration, from Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Cook's voyages of discovery to Fraser's search for the North-west Passage