Anatomy of a Naval Disaster : The 1746 French Expedition to North America PDF
by James Pritchard
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Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition.
He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral.
Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.
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- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:28/09/1995
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- ISBN:9780773565531
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:28/09/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780773565531
