{"product_id":"9780141983837","title":"The Rise And Fall of British Naval Mastery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea  power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional  view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests  instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have  always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he  contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between  'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy  in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of  national, international, economic, political and strategic  considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central  questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Excellent and stimulating' Correlli Barnett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history' Michael Howard, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'By  far the best study that has ever been done on the subject ... a  sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page' Daniel A. Baugh, \u003ci\u003eInternational History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us'   Jon Sumida, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080743108848,"sku":"9780141983837","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141983837_p0.jpg?v=1763656849","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141983837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}