Understanding Victory
Naval Operations from Trafalgar to the Falklands
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2014
264 pages
978-0-313-05109-8 (ISBN)
Description
Using four warship-centered examples, this book shows how naval battles are won or lost-and how technological advantage is rarely as decisive in defeat or victory as is often claimed.
Providing a unique assessment of naval strategy and historic outcomes across centuries of warfare, Understanding Victory: Naval Operations from Trafalgar to the Falklands presents four case studies that examine each ship-based battle narrative to expose and analyze the factors that contributed to each side's success or defeat. The work opens with an overview of the general causes of success and failure in naval operations. Each case study starts with a detailed narrative of the battle and then reviews the conflict from the key perspectives identified in the introduction. These classic examples of naval warfare underscore how the outcome of naval operations is often predetermined by the clarity and quality of the mission aim, and point out striking constants in naval warfare despite the obvious differences in military technologies over a long span of time.
Providing a unique assessment of naval strategy and historic outcomes across centuries of warfare, Understanding Victory: Naval Operations from Trafalgar to the Falklands presents four case studies that examine each ship-based battle narrative to expose and analyze the factors that contributed to each side's success or defeat. The work opens with an overview of the general causes of success and failure in naval operations. Each case study starts with a detailed narrative of the battle and then reviews the conflict from the key perspectives identified in the introduction. These classic examples of naval warfare underscore how the outcome of naval operations is often predetermined by the clarity and quality of the mission aim, and point out striking constants in naval warfare despite the obvious differences in military technologies over a long span of time.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-313-05109-8 (9780313051098)
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Book
01/2014
Praeger Publishers Inc
€79.10
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Person
Geoffrey Till, PhD, is emeritus professor of maritime studies at King's College London. He holds a doctorate in British naval history from the University of London.
Content
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. HMS Belleisle and the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
3. HMS New Zealand and the Battle of Jutland, 1916
4. HMS Repulse and the Battle of Malaya, 1941
5. HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands Campaign, 1982
6. Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. HMS Belleisle and the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
3. HMS New Zealand and the Battle of Jutland, 1916
4. HMS Repulse and the Battle of Malaya, 1941
5. HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands Campaign, 1982
6. Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
