To Rule the Waves
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基本信息·出版社：Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
·页码：672 页
·出版日期：2005年01月
·ISBN：0340734183
·条形码：9780340734186
·装帧：精装
·开本：16开 Pages Per Sheet
内容简介 An epic history of the Royal Navy, from the Spanish Armada to the present, that tells the story of how it dominated the world and laid the foundation for the modern age.
作者简介 Arthur Herman is the author of HOW THE SCOTS INVENTED THE MODERN WORLD, a New York Times bestseller, as well as THE IDEA OF DECLINE IN WESTERN HISTORY, and JOSEPH MCCARTHY. He has been a professor of history at Georgetown University, Catholic University, George Mason University, and the University of the South. He served as the coordinator of the Western Heritage Program at the Smithsonian and has been the recipient of Fulbright, Mellon, and Newcombe Foundation grants. He lives in Virginia.
媒体推荐 书评
Bill Clinton, New York Times ''You should read it.''
Spectator ''TO RULE THE WAVES is a long and generous book. It is readable, vigorous and well-informed.''
Los Angeles Times ''TO RULE THE WAVES is a riveting story told by a masterful historian.''
编辑推荐 Bill Clinton, New York Times 'You should read it.'
Spectator 'TO RULE THE WAVES is a long and generous book. It is readable, vigorous and well-informed.'
Los Angeles Times 'TO RULE THE WAVES is a riveting story told by a masterful historian.'
目录 1 Incident at San Juan de Ulloa
2 Beginnings
3 Unknown limits
4 "Incomparable empyre"
5 The world is not enough
6 Armada : the victory that never was
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