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  • Seapower States

    Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    "A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called 'the watery part of the world.'" — The Wall Street JournalIn this volume, one of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states. Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • Nelson

    Britannia's God of War

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    'Fascinating . . . Shot through with fresh insights . . . No previous biography has attempted anything so comprehensive.' ObserverNelson is a thrilling new appraisal of Horatio Nelson, the greatest practitioner of naval command the world has ever seen. It explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of one man's genius, to understand how the greatest warrior that Britain ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Challenge

    Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence.War polarised America. The ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Hunting the Essex

    A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe, 1813–1814

    par Midshipman Allen Gardiner ...
    In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Franklin

    Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and his men were fated never to return. The cause of their loss remains a mystery. In Franklin, Andrew Lambert presents a gripping account of the worst catastrophe ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Enigmas de las Américas

    Geografía y expediciones del Nuevo Orbis

    par Sabrina Guerra, Diego Quiroga Ferri, Carmen Fernández-Salvador, Rodrigo Moreno Jeria, Mateo Ponce, César Adolfo Ávila Royert, Ana María Sevilla, Elisa Sevilla, Kris Lane, Andrew Lambert ...
    Collections series Enigmas de las Américas
    En el primer libro de la colección se compilan una serie de artículos que abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, algunos de los enigmas que aquella geografía especulativa planteó a los expedicionarios, que buscaron resolverlos con sus sorprendentes viajes, en los que se conjugaban los intereses, ambiciones, ilusiones, imaginarios, mentiras y conocimientos que con tanto cuidado luego fueron ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The British Way of War

    Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    How a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914—but shaped Britain’s success in the Second World War and beyondLeading historian Andrew Lambert shows how, as a lawyer, civilian, and Liberal, Julian Corbett (1854–1922) brought a new level of logic, advocacy, and intellectual precision to the development of strategy.Corbett skillfully integrated classical strategic theory, British ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Crusoe's Island

    A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and Madness

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    From an acclaimed naval historian, Crusoe's Island charts the curious relationship between the British and an island on the other side of the world: Robinson Crusoe, in the South Pacific.The tiny island assumed a remarkable position in British culture, most famously in Daniel Defoe's novel. Andrew Lambert reveals the truth behind the legend of this place, bringing to life the voices of the ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Maritime Strategy and Global Order

    Markets, Resources, Security

    par Daniel Moran, James A. Russell, Andrew Lambert, Geoffrey Till, Giuseppe Schivardi, Alessio Patalano, Klaus Dodds, Larrie D. Ferreiro, Steven Haines0, Michael T. Klare1, John Ferris2 ...
    Taken for granted as the natural order of things, peace at sea is in fact an immense and recent achievement—but also an enormous strategic challenge if it is to be maintained in the future. In Maritime Strategy and Global Order, an international roster of top scholars offers historical perspectives and contemporary analysis to explore the role of naval power and maritime trade in creating the ... En savoir plus

    $40.69 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Admirals

    par Andrew Lambert ...
    The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War

    par Reinhard Scheer ...
    Anglo-German naval rivalry before 1914 had been expected to culminate in a cataclysmic fleet action in the North Sea once war was declared, a battle upon which the outcome of the war would depend: yet the two fleets met only once, at Jutland in 1916, and the battle was far from conclusive. In his own account of the war in the North Sea, first published in 1920, Admiral Scheer, the German commander ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Data Structures and Algorithms

    Insights and Applications

    par Michael Andrew Lambert ...
    Navigating Algorithms: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Structures takes readers on an engaging journey through the essential concepts of data structures and algorithms in computer science. Covering everything from fundamental searching techniques like Binary Search and Jump Search, to more advanced topics such as Hashing, Tree-Based Indexing, and the Zipf distribution, this book provides both ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD