This book seeks to identify and address gaps in our understanding of maritime security and the role of small navies in Europe. The majority of Europe's navies a

European Navies and the Conduct of War provides a comparative history of seapower of the European powers over more than 500 years. The author team, made up of e

Challenges the received wisdom about the relative weakness of French naval power when compared with that of England. This book traces the advances and deteriora

Europe ruled the waves for most of the modern era and even when its navies were eclipsed in size by the US force, they continued to dominate world wars. In this

Whilst maritime studies tend to reflect the dominance of large navies, history shows how relatively small naval forces can have a disproportionately large impac