The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 17931812 [Paperback]

A detailed discussion of British and French naval strategies used during the French Revolution, first published in 1893.Alfred Thayer Mahan (18401914) was an American naval officer and lecturer. These volumes, first published in 1893, contain Mahan's detailed analysis of British and French naval strategy during naval campaigns of the French Revolution, which he defines as lasting between 17931812. Volume 1 covers the period 17931801.Alfred Thayer Mahan (18401914) was an American naval officer and lecturer. These volumes, first published in 1893, contain Mahan's detailed analysis of British and French naval strategy during naval campaigns of the French Revolution, which he defines as lasting between 17931812. Volume 1 covers the period 17931801.Alfred Thayer Mahan (18401914) was an American naval officer, considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College, and became President of the institution between 18861889. These volumes, first published in 1893, contain Mahan's detailed analysis of British and French naval strategy during the French Revolution, defined as lasting between 17931812. Mahan recounts chronologically the major naval battles and campaigns between Britain and France and their allies, analysing the different naval strategies used and discussing Britain's successful naval tactics. Mahan was the first naval strategist to explore the importance of controlling and protecting commercial shipping and preventing blockades of ports during warfare, tactics which he fully explores using historical examples from the French Revolution in these volumes. Volume 1 covers the period 17931801.Preface; 1. Introductory. Outline of events in Europe, 1783793; 2. The condition of the navies in 1793, and especially of the French navy; 3. The general political and strategic conditions, and the events of 1793; 4. The West Indies, 17931810; 5. ThlÓ&