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" Battle at sea : "
R.G. Grant.
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BL
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| Record Number
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671641
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b500830
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| Main Entry
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Grant, R. G.
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| Title & Author
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Battle at sea : : 3,000 years of naval warfare /\ R.G. Grant.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: DK Pub.,, c2011.
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360 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;; 31 cm.
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| ISBN
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0756671868
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: 9780756671860
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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The age of galleys, 1200 BCE-1550 CE -- Overview -- Early naval battles and the rise of the Greeks -- The Persian Wars -- The Peloponnesian War -- Roman navel warfare -- The first Punic War -- Rome achieves mastery of the Mediterranean -- Naval warfare in Asia -- China, Japan, and Korea -- Battles for the Mediterranean -- Byzantine-Arab Wars -- The rise of the Italian Maritime Republics -- The war for Sicily -- The rise of sail -- The Vikings -- Sea battles in Northern Europe -- The Ottomans -- Christian navies against the Turks -- Gan, sail, and empire, 1550-1830 -- Overview -- Japan and Korea -- Japanese invasion of Korea -- Oceanic empires -- Spanish Wars -- After the Armada -- The rise of Dutch sea power -- Rivalry across the North Sea -- First Anglo-Dutch War -- Second Anglo-Dutch War -- Third Anglo-Dutch War -- The Sun King's Navy -- The French Wars -- Baltic conflicts -- Sweden fights for domination -- The Great Northern War -- The Russo-Swedish War -- Maintaining British Naval power -- Royal Navy battles -- Seven years war -- The American Revolutionary War -- The age of Nelson -- French Revolutionary Wars -- Napoleonic Wars -- Early 19th century battles -- The United States at War -- Wars of independence -- Later Ottoman battles -- Steam and steel, 1830-1918 -- Overview -- New Navies of Europe -- European Wars: from sail to steam -- Gunboat imperialism -- The Americas at war -- The American Civil War -- Spanish and Latin-American conflicts -- Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy -- Japanese naval might -- The Russo-Japanese War -- World War I -- Warship battles, 1914-18 -- The U-Boat War, 1914-18 -- Carriers, submarines and missiles, 1918-present -- Overview -- Europe between the wars -- World War II: The West -- Warship battles 1939-45 -- The U-boat war 1939-45 -- Evacuations and landings -- War in the Mediterranean -- World War II: The Pacific -- The Japanese offensive -- The battle for Guadalcanal -- Drive to victory -- Postwar conflicts -- Cold war conflicts -- The Vietnam War -- The Falklands War -- Regional conflicts -- Middle East and Terrorism.
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| Subject
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Naval art and science-- History.
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Naval history.
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V27.G73 2011
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