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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

Alfred Thayer Mahan
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by Alfred Thayer Mahan

PREFACE.
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I. DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTS OF SEA POWER.
CHAPTER II. STATE OF EUROPE IN 1660. SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, 1665-1667. SEA BATTLES OF LOWESTOFT AND OF THE FOUR DAYS.
CHAPTER III. WAR OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE PROVINCES, 1672-1674. - FINALLY, OF FRANCE AGAINST COMBINED EUROPE, 1674-1678. - SEA BATTLES OF SOLEBAY, THE TEXEL, AND STROMBOLI.
CHAPTER IV. ENGLISH REVOLUTION. - WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG, 1688- 1697. - SEA BATTLES OF BEACHY HEAD AND LA HOUGUE.
CHAPTER V. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-1713. - SEA BATTLE OP MALAGA.
CHAPTER VI. THE REGENCY IN FRANCE. - ALBERONI IN SPAIN. - POLICIES Of WALPOLE AND FLEURI. - WAR OF The POLISH SUCCESSION. - ENGLISH CONTRABAND TRADE IN SPANISH AMERICA. - GREAT BRITAIN DECLARES WAR AGAINST SPAIN. - 1715-1739.
CHAPTER VII. WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN, 1739. - WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740. - FRANCE JOINS SPAIN AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN, 1744. - SEA BATTLES OF MATTHEWS, ANSON, AND HAWKE. - PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, 1748.
CHAPTER VIII. SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763 - ENGLAND's OVERWHELMING POWER AND CONQUESTS ON THE SEAS, IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND EAST AND WEST INDIES. SEA BATTLES: BYNG OFF MINORCA; HAWKE AND CONFLANS; POCOCK AND D'ACHE' IN EAST INDIES.
CHAPTER IX. COURSE OF EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS TO 1778. - MARITIME WAR CONSEQUENT UPON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - SEA BATTLE OFF USHANT.
CHAPTER X. MARITIME WAR IN NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES, 1778-1781. - ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE COURSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - FLEET ACTIONS OFF GRENADA, DOMINICA, AND CHESAPEAKE BAY.
CHAPTER XI. MARITIME WAR IN EUROPE, 1779-1782.
CHAPTER XII. EVENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1781.-SUFFREN SAILS FROM
CHAPTER XIII. EVENTS IN THE WEST INDIES AFTER THE SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN - ENCOUNTERS OF DE GRASSE WITH HOOD. - THE SEA BATTLE OF THE SAINTS. - 1781, 1782.
CHAPTER XIV. CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE MARITIME WAR OF 1778.

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