Battle at Sea by Grant, R.G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents 4 Foreword 6 Introduction 8 THE AGE OF GALLEYS 1200 BCE–1550 CE 24

Overview 26 Early Naval Battles and the Rise of the Greeks 30 The Persian Wars 32 The Peloponnesian War 36 Roman Naval Warfare 42 The First Punic War 44 Rome Achieves Mastery of the Mediterranean 48 Naval Warfare in Asia 52 China, Japan, and Korea 54 Battles for the Mediterranean 62 Byzantine–arab Wars 64 The Rise of the Italian Maritime Republics 66 The War for Sicily 70 The Rise of Sail 74 The Vikings 76 Sea Battles in Northern Europe 80 The Ottomans 86 Christian Navies Against the Turks 88

GUN, SAIL, AND EMPIRE 1550–1830 102

Overview 104 Japan and Korea 108 Japanese Invasion of Korea 110 Oceanic Empires 114 Spanish Wars 116 After the Armada 124 The Rise of Dutch Sea Power 126 Rivalry Across the North Sea 130 First Anglo-dutch War 132 Second Anglo–dutch War 134 Third Anglo–dutch War 138 The Sun King’s Navy 142 The French Wars 144 Baltic Conflicts 150 Sweden Fights for Domination 152 The Great Northern War 154 The Russo-swedish War 156 Maintaining British Naval Power 158 Royal Navy Battles 160 Seven Years War 162 The American Revolutionary War 166 The Age of Nelson 174 French Revolutionary Wars 176 Napoleonic Wars 186 Early 19th-century Battles 200 The United States at War 202 Wars of Independence 206 Later Ottoman Battles 208

STEAM AND STEEL 1830–1918 210

Overview 212 New Navies of Europe 216 European Wars: from Sail to Steam 218 Gunboat Imperialism 222 The Americas at War 226 The American Civil War 228 Spanish and Latin-american Conflicts 238 Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy 244 Japanese Naval Might 246 The Russo-japanese War 248 World War I 258 Warship Battles 1914–18 260 The U-boat War 1914-18 268

CARRIERS, SUBMARINES, AND MISSILES 1918–present 270

Overview 272 Europe Between the Wars 276 World War II: the West 278 Warship Battles 1939-45 280 The U-boat War 1939-45 290 Evacuations and Landings 300 War in the Mediterranean 302 World War II: the Pacific 308 The Japanese Offensive 310 The Battle for Guadalcanal 316 Drive to Victory 320 Postwar Conflicts 328 Cold War Conflicts 330 The Vietnam War 334 The Falklands War 340 Regional Conflicts 342 Middle East and Terrorism 344

Index 354 Acknowledgments 359

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