Daniel Baugh

The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763

Britain and France in a Great Power Contest

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Produktbeschreibung

In this new edition of The Global Seven Years War, Daniel Baugh emphasises the ways that sea power hindered French military preparations while also furnishing strategic opportunities. Special attention is paid to undertakings â always French â that failed to receive needed financial support.

Produktdetails

• Modern Wars In Perspective
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 972g
• ISBN-13: 9781138212824
• ISBN-10: 1138212822
• Artikelnr.: 61286643

Autorenporträt

Daniel Baugh is Professor Emeritus of History, Cornell University. Born in Philadelphia, he received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University and is author of British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole (1965). In 2011 he received the National Maritime Museum's Caird Medal.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Statesmen and regimes 3. Origins: the contested regions
1748-54 4. Risking war
1754-55 5. War without declaration: North America
1755 6. Indecision in Europe: May to December 1755 7. French triumphs
British blunders
1756 8. France's European war plan
1756-57 9. The tide turns
1758 10. The Atlantic and North America
1758 11. The West Indies and North America
1759 12. The British victory at sea
1759 13. Britain conquers afar
disunity looms at home 14. The chance of peace
1761 15. Peacemaking 1762: concessions before conquests 16. Conclusion and aftermath