The Struggle for Sea Power

[mgatrost]

The Struggle for Sea Power

A Naval History of the American Revolution. 

By Sam Willis 

Release Date: Feb 15, 2016

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of  Recorded Books

 

This is great listen / read about the role that naval warfare played in the war for American Independence. It goes into depth about the benefits and shortcomings of sea power and how it affected the American, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Russian Navies. The epilogue was just as interesting, covering the political fallout after the war and how this affected the counties involved. There is even a short mention of Pellew.
I know I’m biased when it comes to anything about ships but I think anyone would find this book very entertaining. 

https://www.audible.com/pd/Struggle-for-Sea-Power-Audiobook/B01BKSTOPC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by mgatrost
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[allanyed]

Sounds interesting.  Can you please give missing information as requested by Chris below when this forum was first put up in 2019 to give book reviews.   I did look up Sam Willis and he appears to be a prolific writer with good reviews.

 

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Edited October 12, 2023 by allanyed

[jpalmer1970]

On 10/13/2023 at 5:22 AM, allanyed said:

I did look up Sam Willis and he appears to be a prolific writer with good reviews.

He is also the presenter of the Mariner's Mirror, the podcast produced by The Society For Nautical Research and Lloyds Register Foundation.

Edited October 14, 2023 by jpalmer1970
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[chris watton]

That is truly an epic read (or listen, as in my case)

[mgatrost]

5 hours ago, jpalmer1970 said:

He is also the presenter of the Mariner's Mirror, the podcast produced by The Society For Nautical Research and Lloyds Register Foundation.

I just checked out the podcast and it looks like there’s a lot of good listening on there. Only problem is which one to listen to first.