A new naval history

Author(s):  
Brad Beaven
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1959 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-148
Author(s):  
N. Hampson

There is a sense in which all naval history is general history, since the structure and preoccupations of a State influence both the services which it demands of its fleets and the type of naval organization appropriate to their performance. This relationship is most obvious in periods of social and political revolution when the navy, like other institutions, finds itself out of harmony with the principles of the new order. Such a situation arose in France in 1789 when the Constituent Assembly set about the transformation of so many aspects of French society. The study of naval politics in the period 1789–91 consequently helps towards a fuller understanding of the Revolution as a whole. The changes introduced into the French navy form a not unimportant part of the general reconstruction of France while the debates on naval policy often throw a revealing light on the political attitudes of the protagonists.


1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Rene De La Pedraja ◽  
Robert L. Scheina
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1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Dawson III ◽  
Kenneth J. Hagan
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