Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy. Resources, logistics and the state, 1755-1815
Details:
- Author(s) Morriss, Roger
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 440pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Government procurement
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the understated importance of the British military bureaucracy as 'the keystone of the nation's maritime ascendancy', 1755-1815, through the supply of resources - 'ships, manpower, food, transport and ordnance'. Sections include: 'The British state in evolution'; 'Defence and expansion'; 'Economy and finance'; 'Naval growth and infrastructure'; 'Ordnance and technology'; 'Manpower and motivation'; 'Foodstuffs and victualling'; 'Shipping and transportation'; 'The supply of landforces overseas'