Professor G. S. Graham sets broadly and clearly in perspective the limiting factors which permitted British predominance at sea in the nineteenth century. He introduces the British fleet in its European, Atlantic and Indian Ocean contexts and examines the local as well as the general conditions for its superiority. Naval supremacy is seen as one expression of Britain's industrial and commercial lead, enabling trading routes to be secured, competitors and enemies confined, far-flung geographical entities manipulated. Sea ...
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Professor G. S. Graham sets broadly and clearly in perspective the limiting factors which permitted British predominance at sea in the nineteenth century. He introduces the British fleet in its European, Atlantic and Indian Ocean contexts and examines the local as well as the general conditions for its superiority. Naval supremacy is seen as one expression of Britain's industrial and commercial lead, enabling trading routes to be secured, competitors and enemies confined, far-flung geographical entities manipulated. Sea power could not meet the sudden diplomatic crisis on a land-based frontier which might rapidly alter the litoral conditions under which a fleet operated, but, Dr Graham points out, this could scarcely happen around the Indian Ocean or the Pacific. Until the emergence of Japan, followed by the United States in this arena, these oceans offered ideal conditions for the exercise of sea power.
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London, Cambridge University Press, 1965, hardcover, viii-132 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, publishers gift card attached to front pastedown, slight spine end touches. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, tears, large chip to rear panel, age-toned, in new Brodart sleeve. In this series of Wiles Lectures, Professor Graham examines the consequences and limitations of British naval supremacy in the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean, chiefly within the framework of 19th-Century politics. Illustrated with two fold-out maps. ISBN 9780521051293
