Название: Disciplining the Empire: Politics, Governance, and the Rise of the British Navy
Автор: Sarah Kinkel
Издательство: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674976207
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 15,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

“Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves,” goes the popular lyric. The fact that the British built the world’s greatest empire on the basis of sea power has led many to assume that the Royal Navy’s place in British life was unchallenged. Yet, as Sarah Kinkel shows, the Navy was the subject of bitter political debate.