Nicholas Tracy: 4 books
Two-Edged Sword
The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In the first major study of the Royal Canadian Navy's contribution to foreign policy, Nicholas Tracy takes a comprehensive look at the paradox that Canada faces in participating in a system of collective defence as a means of avoiding subordination to other countries. Created in 1910 to support Canadian...
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it 'the Trafalgar of this war [the Seven Years War]'. Arguably it was even more vital. Britain in 1759 was much less well-defended, with virtually no...
Master and Madman
The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Shortlisted, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing
Despite the coming social reforms undertaken at home, the world of the Georgian British Empire was nothing if not class-conscious and leery of outsiders. But Anthony Lockwood, with no known certain record of his parentage...
Nelson's Battles
The Triumph of British Seapower
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
From his first dramatic initiatives at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797 to his last battle at Trafalgar in 1805, Horatio Nelson was a force to be reckoned with and a hero to his countrymen. This illuminating study of the battles that played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat also takes a close...