Balancing Strategy : Sea Power, Neutrality, and Prize Law in the Seven Years' War Hardback
by Anna (King's College London) Brinkman
Part of the Cambridge Military Histories series
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What is the relationship between seapower, law, and strategy?
Anna Brinkman uses in-depth analysis of cases brought before the Court of Prize Appeal during the Seven Years' War to explore how Britain worked to shape maritime international law to its strategic advantage.
Within the court, government of?cials and naval and legal minds came together to shape legal decisions from the perspectives of both legal philosophy and maritime strategic aims.
As a result, neutrality and the negotiation of rights became critical to maritime warfare.
Balancing Strategy unpicks a complex web of competing priorities: deals struck with the Dutch Republic and Spain; imperial rivalry; mercantilism; colonial trade; and the relationships between metropoles and colonies, trade, and the navy.
Ultimately, influencing and shaping international law of the sea allows a nation to create the norms and rules that constrain or enable the use of seapower during war.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:300 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781009425568
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Pre-Order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:300 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009425568
