| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Challenge of Command -- 2. Authority and Command -- 3. Anxiety and Failure -- 4. Authority and Dissent: Flag Officers and Their Subordinates -- 5. Authority and Dissent: Admirals and the Admiralty Board -- 6. Admirals and Mutineers -- 7. Admirals and the Georgian Patronage Network -- 8. Service Interest: Followers, SÌ€ons of the Service' and the Claims of Merit -- 9. Admirals' Ambitions: Promotion and Employment -- 10. Admirals' Ambitions: Wealth and Honour -- 11. Admirals Afloat -- 12. Admirals Ashore |
| Summary |
"During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant financial rewards open to successful naval commanders. When on active service admirals faced formidable challenges arising from the Navy's critical role in a global conflict, from the extraordinary scope of their responsibilities, and from intense political, public and professional expectations. While a great deal has been written about admirals' roles in naval operations, other aspects of their professional lives have not been explored systematically. British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 considers the professional lives of well-known and more obscure admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals. It examines the demands of naval command, flag officers' understanding of their authority and their approach to exercising it, their ambitions and failures, their professional interactions, and their lives afloat and onshore. In exploring these themes, it draws on a wide range of correspondence and other primary source material. By taking a broad thematic approach, this book provides a multi-faceted account of admirals' professional lives that extends beyond the insights that are found in biographical studies of individual flag officers. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of British naval history."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 19th century
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Royal Navy fast |
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
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Military history.
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British & Irish history.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056847
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Naval history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474277686 |
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1474277683 |
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9781474277709 |
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1474277705 |
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