The Command of the Ocean

副标题: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

ISBN: 9780393060508

出版社: W. W. Norton & Company

出版年: 2005-04-04

页数: 907

定价: USD 45.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

A landmark work on the golden age of sail that illuminates the world of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower.

The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a dozen languages over more than a decade, it describes not just battles, voyages, and cruises but also how the Navy was manned, supplied, fed, and, above all, how it was financed and directed.

N. A. M. Rodger provides convincing reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The very particular and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are illuminatingly contrasted, and the world of officers and men who make up the originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brilliantly brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies—French, Dutch, Spanish, and American—allows him to make a fresh assessment of the qualities of the British. 24 pages of illustrations.