Full name: To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World

Author: Arthur Herman Year: 1975 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060534257 0060534257

To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian Arthur Herman tells the spellbinding tale of great battles at sea, heroic sailors, violent conflict, and personal tragedy -- of the way one mighty institution forged a nation, an empire, and a new world. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Similar books: The Command of the Ocean by N. A. M. Rodger The Wooden World by N. A. M. Rodger The Safeguard of the Sea by N. A. M. Rodger The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy British Sea Power by David Howarth Trafalgar by Roy Adkins 1759 by Frank McLynn The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine Never Had It So Good by Dominic Sandbrook A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire: 1776-2001 by Simon Schama The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon Seize the Fire by Adam Nicolson After the Victorians by A. N. Wilson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714 by Barry Coward Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer