Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare (PDF) [-PUNISHER-]

Title: Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare
Author(s): R. G. Grant
Publisher: DK Publishing
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 362
ISBN: 0756671868, 9780756671860

A visual journey through 3,000 years of naval warfare-now in paperback! From the clash of galleys in Ancient Greece to deadly encounters between nuclear-powered submarines in the 20th century, explore every aspect of the story of naval warfare on, under, and above the sea.

Table of contents :
Contents 4 ......Page 6
Foreword 6 ......Page 8
Introduction 8 ......Page 10
THE AGE OF GALLEYS 1200 BCE–1550 CE 24......Page 26
Overview 26 ......Page 28
Early Naval Battles and the Rise of the Greeks 30 ......Page 32
The Persian Wars 32 ......Page 34
The Peloponnesian War 36 ......Page 38
Roman Naval Warfare 42 ......Page 44
The First Punic War 44 ......Page 46
Rome Achieves Mastery of the Mediterranean 48 ......Page 50
Naval Warfare in Asia 52 ......Page 54
China, Japan, and Korea 54 ......Page 56
Battles for the Mediterranean 62 ......Page 64
Byzantine–arab Wars 64 ......Page 66
The Rise of the Italian Maritime Republics 66 ......Page 68
The War for Sicily 70 ......Page 72
The Rise of Sail 74 ......Page 76
The Vikings 76 ......Page 78
Sea Battles in Northern Europe 80 ......Page 82
The Ottomans 86 ......Page 88
Christian Navies Against the Turks 88 ......Page 90
GUN, SAIL, AND EMPIRE 1550–1830 102......Page 104
Overview 104 ......Page 106
Japan and Korea 108 ......Page 110
Japanese Invasion of Korea 110 ......Page 112
Oceanic Empires 114 ......Page 116
Spanish Wars 116 ......Page 118
After the Armada 124 ......Page 126
The Rise of Dutch Sea Power 126 ......Page 128
Rivalry Across the North Sea 130 ......Page 132
First Anglo-dutch War 132 ......Page 134
Second Anglo–dutch War 134 ......Page 136
Third Anglo–dutch War 138 ......Page 140
The Sun King’s Navy 142 ......Page 144
The French Wars 144 ......Page 146
Baltic Conflicts 150 ......Page 152
Sweden Fights for Domination 152 ......Page 154
The Great Northern War 154 ......Page 156
The Russo-swedish War 156 ......Page 158
Maintaining British Naval Power 158 ......Page 160
Royal Navy Battles 160 ......Page 162
Seven Years War 162 ......Page 164
The American Revolutionary War 166 ......Page 168
The Age of Nelson 174 ......Page 176
French Revolutionary Wars 176 ......Page 178
Napoleonic Wars 186 ......Page 188
Early 19th-century Battles 200 ......Page 202
The United States at War 202 ......Page 204
Wars of Independence 206 ......Page 208
Later Ottoman Battles 208 ......Page 210
STEAM AND STEEL 1830–1918 210......Page 212
Overview 212 ......Page 214
New Navies of Europe 216 ......Page 218
European Wars: from Sail to Steam 218 ......Page 220
Gunboat Imperialism 222 ......Page 224
The Americas at War 226 ......Page 228
The American Civil War 228 ......Page 230
Spanish and Latin-american Conflicts 238 ......Page 240
Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy 244 ......Page 246
Japanese Naval Might 246 ......Page 248
The Russo-japanese War 248 ......Page 250
World War I 258 ......Page 260
Warship Battles 1914–18 260 ......Page 262
The U-boat War 1914-18 268 ......Page 270
CARRIERS, SUBMARINES, AND MISSILES 1918–present 270......Page 272
Overview 272 ......Page 274
Europe Between the Wars 276 ......Page 278
World War II: the West 278......Page 280
Warship Battles 1939-45 280 ......Page 282
The U-boat War 1939-45 290 ......Page 292
Evacuations and Landings 300 ......Page 302
War in the Mediterranean 302 ......Page 304
World War II: the Pacific 308......Page 310
The Japanese Offensive 310 ......Page 312
The Battle for Guadalcanal 316 ......Page 318
Drive to Victory 320 ......Page 322
Postwar Conflicts 328 ......Page 330
Cold War Conflicts 330 ......Page 332
The Vietnam War 334 ......Page 336
The Falklands War 340 ......Page 342
Regional Conflicts 342 ......Page 344
Middle East and Terrorism 344 ......Page 346
Index 354 ......Page 356
Acknowledgments 359 ......Page 361