Navies, Deterrence and American Independence: Britain and Sea Power in the 1760s and 1770s

By Nicholas Tracy

This book focuses on British defence policy in the period between theSeven Years' War and French intervention in the AmericanRevolution. It is a study of coercive diplomacy and of the influence ofdefence considerations in foreign policy, particularly as applied tothe naval relationship between Britain and Fance at the outbreak of theAmerican Revolution -- a subject of considerable significance inunderstanding how American independence was made possible.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774802987
• ISBN13: 9780774802987
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher