Sailors, Statesmen and the Implementation of Naval Strategy

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Edited by Richard Harding, University of Westminster, Agustín Guimerá, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: May 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781805431343
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781805431343

Subjects:: Geography, Historical Geography, History, Twentieth Century Regional History

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Explores the varied relationship between political leaders and naval experts, from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

Introduction: Naval Leadership: Expertise and Strategy
pp 1-17

1 - The Evolution of French Naval Leadership: Defining the Admiralty of France from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
pp 18-30

2 - The Makers of Spanish Naval Strategy in the Eighteenth Century: Strategy, Tactics, and Shipbuilding Policy
pp 31-51

3 - Naval Strategic Leadership in Britain, 1739–1748: Political Leaders and Professional Knowledge
pp 52-69

4 - The Statesman and the Naval Leader: The Count of Floridablanca and Navy Minister Antonio Valdés, 1783–1792
pp 70-91

5 - Defining French Eighteenth-Century Naval Strategy
pp 92-103

6 - Casto Méndez Núñez: The Admiral who could have been Regent, 1861–1868
pp 104-119

7 - Teaching by Example: Julian Corbett’s The Campaign of Trafalgar of 1910
pp 120-140

8 - Spanish Naval Leadership during the Second Republic: José Giral Pereira
pp 141-158

9 - The Quest to Understand Naval Leadership: Educating Admirals for High Command in the U.S. Navy from the Eighteenth Century into the Twenty-first Century
pp 159-178

10 - Reflections
pp 179-184

Bibliography
pp 185-201

Index
pp 202-204

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