England in the Seven Years' War

Bol Partner

The Seven Years' War threw the major nations of Europe into turmoil and threatened British imperialism. England, in alliance with Prussia and Hanover, became embroiled in a duel with her old enemy France, who was envious of her empire, a duel that was fought no only on the Continent but in India, Canada, the United States and on the high seas. It was a bitter war, fought on a vast scale, and at the end of it the British Empire was greatly expanded, the prestige of her navy established and Britain ruled the waves.Sir Julian Corbett’s seminal study of this crucial war for the future of Great Britain has long been held in high regard, a classic source for all those interested not only in the conflict itself, but in the development of the English strategy of war. Sir Julian, a civilian, exercised great influence on the Navy’s thinking for many years before the First World War. His views were often controversial in naval circles, since he defined maritime strategy as the part the fleet must play in relation to the action of the land, thus apparently subordinating naval strategy to land warfare. This did not, however, rule out the fact that the Navy could still play the decisive role, as exemplified in this superb reconstruction of the causes, waging and effect of the war that influenced the future of a large part of the world.

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Pages: 448, Edition: New, Hardcover, Greenhill Books