After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of practice and refinement had rendered it adept at executing operations - fighting battles, blockading and convoying - across the globe. And yet, as late as 1807, fleets were forced from their station...

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1. Verfasser:	Davey, James (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2012
Schlagworte:	Großbritannien > Navy Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1808-1812 Geschichte Sea-power / Great Britain / History / 19th century Naval strategy Military supplies Operational readiness (Military science) Seemacht Reform Napoleonische Kriege Großbritannien Great Britain / History, Naval / 19th century
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Zusammenfassung:	After the Battle of Trafalgar, the navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. Decades of practice and refinement had rendered it adept at executing operations - fighting battles, blockading and convoying - across the globe. And yet, as late as 1807, fleets were forced from their stations due to an ineffective provisioning system. 'The Transformation of British Naval Strategy' shows how sweeping administrative reforms enacted between 1808 and 1812 established a highly-effective logistical system, changing an ineffective supply system into one which successfully enabled a fleet to remain on station for as long as was required. James Davey examines the logistical support provided for fleets sent to Northern Europe during the Napoleonic War and shows how this new supply system successfully transformed naval operations, enabling the navy to pursue crucial objectives of national importance, protect essential exports and imports and attack the economies of the Napoleonic Empire. 'The Transformation of British Naval Strategy' is a detailed study of national policy, administrative and political reform and strategic viability. It delves into the nature of the British state, its relationship with the private sector and its ability to reform itself in a time of war. Bureaucratic restructuring represented the last stage in a century-long process of logistical improvement. As a result of the reforms, the navy was able to conduct operations beyond the realms of possibility even twenty years earlier and saw the reach of its power transformed. Military and Napoleonic historians will find this book invaluable. JAMES DAVEY is Research Curator at the National Maritime Museum and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, where he teaches British naval history
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 237 pages)
ISBN:	9781782040934