The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 (Paperback)

Introductory; 1. Discussion of the elements of sea power; 2. State of Europe in 1660. Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665?1667. Sea battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days; 3. War of England and France in alliance against the United Provinces, 1672?1674. Finally, of France against combined Europe, 1674?1678. Sea battles of Solebay, the Texel, and Stromboli; 4. English Revolution. War of the League of Augsburg, 1688-1697. Sea battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue; 5. War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713. Sea Bettle of Malaga; 6. The Regency in France. Alberoni in Spain. Policies of Walpole and Fleurl. War of the Polish Succession. English contraband trade in Spanish America. Great Britain declares war against Spain. 1715?1739; 7. War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739. War of the Austrian Succession, 1740. France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744. Sea battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748; 8. Seven Years' War, 1756?1763. England's overwhelming power and conquests on the seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies. Sea battles: Byng off Minorca; Hawke and Conflands; Pocock and D'Ache in East Indies; 9. Course of events from the Peace of Paris to 1778. Maritime war consequent upon the American Revolution. Sea battle off Ushant; 10. Maritime war in North America in North America and West Indies, 1778?1781. Its influence upon the course of the American Revolution. Fleet actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay; 11. Maritime War in Europe, 1779?1782; 12. Events in the East Indies, 1778?1781. Suffren sails from Brest for India, 1781. His brilliant naval campaign in the Indian Seas, 1782, 1783; 13. Events in the West Indies after the surrender of Yorktown. Encounters of De Grasse with Hood. The sea battle of the Saints. 1781?1782; 14. Critical discussion of the Maritime War of 1778; Index.