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Anatomy of a Naval Disaster

James Pritchard

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  • 352 sidor
  • 2011
Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.
  • Författare: James Pritchard
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780773538740
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-06-15
  • Förlag: McGill-Queen's University Press