Lambert Andrew
Lambert Andrew - Seapower States Maritime Culture Continental Empires And The Conflict That Made The Modern World - Paperback
Lambert Andrew - Seapower States Maritime Culture Continental Empires And The Conflict That Made The Modern World - Paperback
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Description: One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called the watery part of the world. William Anthony Hay Wall Street Journal Andrew Lambert author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal turns his attention to Athens Carthage Venice the Dutch Republic and Britain examining how their identities as seapowers informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic open and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers rather than seapowers is essential to understanding current affairs as well as the long - term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original big think analysis of five states whose success and eventual failure is a subject of enduring interest by a scholar at the top of his game.
Title: Seapower States Maritime Culture Continental Empires And The Conflict That Made The Modern World
Author(s): Lambert Andrew
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300251487
Pages: 424 Pages, 18 Color + 9 B-W Illus. + 7 Maps
Publication Date: 3/17/2020
Category: Economic History
Description: One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called the watery part of the world. William Anthony Hay Wall Street Journal Andrew Lambert author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal turns his attention to Athens Carthage Venice the Dutch Republic and Britain examining how their identities as seapowers informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic open and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers rather than seapowers is essential to understanding current affairs as well as the long - term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original big think analysis of five states whose success and eventual failure is a subject of enduring interest by a scholar at the top of his game.
Title: Seapower States Maritime Culture Continental Empires And The Conflict That Made The Modern World
Author(s): Lambert Andrew
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300251487
Pages: 424 Pages, 18 Color + 9 B-W Illus. + 7 Maps
Publication Date: 3/17/2020
Category: Economic History
