Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
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Empire Of The Seas: How The Navy Forged The Modern World
Paperback Edition: 1
The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality - that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future
wealth and power lay out on the oceans. This book tells the story of how the navy expanded from a tiny force to become the most complex industrial enterprise on earth; how the need to organise it laid the foundations of our civil service and our economy; and how it transformed our culture, our sense of national identity and our democracy.
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Publisher : Osprey, UK
Publication date : 2019-01-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History, Politics, Naval Forces & Warfare