An illustrated exploration of how sea battles have been fought throughout history explores key tactics and strategies while surveying how the development of var

A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories o

Uses four factors--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology and war-making capacity--to attempt to show which world regions were the most

Describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Near East in an age before the widespread use of gunpowder.

Between the last battle fought entirely under oars in 1571 and the first fought entirely under steam in 1866, naval warfare in the Middle Seas and adjacent Atla