British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire
A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak.In recent years the phrase 'gunboat diplomacy' has been used to describe the crude use of naval power to bully or coerce a weaker nation. During the reign of Queen Victoria, 'gunboat diplomacy' was viewed very differently. It was the use of a very limited naval force to encourage global stability and to protect British overseas trade. This very subtle use of naval pow…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Wright, Paul (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-5159-8
- EAN: 9781472851598
- Produktnummer: 37886727
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 48 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustrations
Über den Autor
Angus Konstam hails from Orkney, off the north of Scotland, and is the author of well over 100 history books, 75 of which are published by Osprey. He has written widely on naval history from The Pirate World to his most recent works, Hunt the Bismarck and Mutiny on the Spanish Main, both published by Osprey. A former naval officer, he has worked as a museum curator in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a former Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland. Now a full-time author and historian, he has returned to live in Orkney.
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