Author: Keble Chatterton, E.:
Title: Battles By Sea.
Description: EP Publishing Ltd, Rowman & Littlefield, 1975 H/B blue cloth bds, Near Fine, unclipped d/w, Near Fine, sl. faded at spine, contents crisp and tight, with b/w frontis. and further b/w illustrations through text, bds very slightly bowed. Twelve battles are mentioned in this book, and they show the motives running through European naval minds from the earliest times until the First World War. For each battle, the author indicates the political factors which brought about the war, the characters of the opposing Commanders-in-Chief, and the nature both of their problems and their fleets.

Keywords: battles sea navy naval history Salamis Actium Lepanto Armada Saints Glorious First of June St Vincent Nile Trafalgar Lissa Tsushima Falklands 0715810774