UID:
edocfu_9960177780502883
Format:
1 online resource (427 pages)
ISBN:
0-300-24090-2
Content:
One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812-winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal-turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers-rather than seapowers-is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original "big think" analysis of five states whose success-and eventual failure-is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS --
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
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PREFACE --
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Introduction. Seapower as Culture --
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1. Creating Seapower Identity --
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2. Constructing a Seapower: Athens, Democracy and Empire --
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3. Burning the Carthaginian Fleet --
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4. Trade, War and Ceremony: The Venetian Seapower State --
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5. 'To What Great Profit Are We Opening the Sea': The Dutch Seapower State --
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6. Sea States and Overseas Empires: A Problem of Perspective --
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7. The Limits of Continental Naval Power: Absolutism, Command Economies and One- Party States --
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8. England: The Last Seapower --
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9. Seapower Today --
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CONCLUSION --
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APPENDIX. Cultural Seapowers. A CONCEPTUAL AIDE- MÉMOIRE --
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GLOSSARY --
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NOTES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-23004-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300240900
