Bøger af Quintin Barry

An investigation of the effect of the Industrial Revolution on naval warfare before the battle of Lissa and a comprehensive study of the campaign.

For most of the war, until the fall of Lord North's ministry in 1782, Lord Sandwich managed the navy as First Lord of the Admiralty. The demands on the resources of the Royal Navy, at home and abroad, meant that he faced an unending struggle to balance its priorities.

An account of the crucial battle of Chesapeake Bay in 1781, and the events leading up to it.

When Helmuth von Moltke took over as Chief of the Prussian General Staff, the Prussian army had not fought for more than forty years. Yet within a decade and a half he had brought it to the point where it was the strongest in Europe.

After the battle of Sedan on September 1, 1870 and the collapse of the Second Empire, followed by the investment of Paris, the Government of National Defence set about raising fresh armies. These had as their first objective the relief of the capital.

This is a study of the Russo- Japanese of 1904-1905 as reported by Captain William Pakenham.

This book is a study of the Anglo Dutch war of 1672 to 1674, describing the naval battles which were fought, and the men and ships which fought them.

An account of the campaign of the French Army of the East under General Charles Bourbaki, defeated by General Carl von Werder's XlV Corps at the battle of the Lisaine.

An account of the naval campaign of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the subsequent public controversy and Court of Inquiry.