Capital Ships, Commerce, and Coalition: British Strategy in the Mediterranean Theater, 1793
Description:
In 1793, Great Britain embarked on a war against Revolutionary France to reestablish a balance of power in Europe. Traditional assessments among historians consider British war planning at the ministerial level during the First Coalition to be incompetent and haphazard. This work reassesses decision making of the leading strategists in the British Cabinet in the development of a theater in the Mediterranean by examining political, diplomatic, and military influences. William Pitt the Younger…
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Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Baker, William Casey
Partner:
UNT Libraries