This book fills an important gap in the literature on the history of the modern Royal Navy. Eric Grove provides the only up-to-date, single-authored short history of the service over the last two hundred years, synthesizing the new work and latest research on the subject which has radically transformed our understanding of the story of British naval development. Grove offers a concise and authoritative account of Royal Navy policy, structure, technical development and operations from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the close of the eventful twentieth century. Ideal for both specialist and general readers, this essential introduction explains how the Royal Navy maintained its pre-eminent position in the nineteenth century and how it coped with the more difficult problems of the twentieth, in times of peace and war.

Congress Buys a Navy offers a new look at the nexus of U.S. politics, economics, and the funding and creation of what is thought of as the “modern” U.S. Navy. Filling in significant gaps in prior economic histories of the era, Paul Pedisich analyzes the role played by nine presidencies and cabinets, sixteen Navy secretaries, and countless U.S. congressmen whose work and actions shaped and funded our forces at sea.
Surveying the development of the new steel Navy from 1881 to 1921, Pedisich’s narrative begins with James Garfield’s appointment of William Hunt as Secretary of the Navy and the formation of the forty-seventh Congress in March 1881, and continues on to the reduction of the naval forces by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1921.
While the main acts in U.S. political history often privilege the actions of the President and his cabinet, the author brings to light the individual rationales, voting blocs, agendas, and political intrigue that drove this process of making a modern Navy.

The Seven Years' War was the world's first global conflict, spanning five continents and the critical sea lanes that connected them. Winner of the 2005 France-Ameriques Prize, this book is the fullest account ever written of the French navy's role in the hostilities. It is also the most complete survey of both phases of the war: the French and Indian War in North America (1754-60) and the Seven Years' War in Europe (1756-63). By considering both phases of the war from every angle, Jonathan R. Dull shows not only that the two conflicts are so interconnected that neither can be fully understood in isolation but also that traditional interpretations of the war are largely inaccurate. His work also explains how the French navy, supposedly utterly crushed, could have figured so prominently in the War of American Independence only fifteen years later. A comprehensive work integrating diplomatic, naval, military, and political history, "The French Navy and the Seven Years' War" thoroughly explores the French perspective on the Seven Years' War.

在十九世纪，号称日不落帝国的英国拥有了无可争议的海上统治权，然而，这一支规模空前的海上力量逐渐被美国所取代，一些同样企图以对抗形式攫取海上霸权的其他力量却遭遇衰败。这对于二十一世纪的现在依然有着耐人寻味的启示。本书以十九到二十世纪各国海权发展之路作眼，对于美国如果一步一步走向海权大国的历程加以考察和分析，寻求对于当今中国的启示。

本书获誉
《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书（Bestselling book of Sunday Times ）
英国亚马逊·英国海军全史畅销书（The bestselling complete history of the British Navy）
Wilson enviably combines a gift for rattling narrative with the lucid expositions of shifting laws, ideas and arguments.
-Boyd Tonkin, THE INDEPENDENT
威尔逊的笔力令人艳羡，他能笔调迅捷地穿梭于权威论述、观念和论据，既引人入胜又纲举目张。
——博伊德•托金，《独立报》
Empire of the Deep by Ben Wilson is an engaging history of the British navy from King Alfred to the Thames pageant at last year's Diamond Jubilee.
-CHOICE MAGAZINE
本•威尔逊的《深蓝帝国》书写了从阿尔弗雷德国王到伊丽莎白女王登基60周年庆典之间引人入胜的故事。
——《选择杂志》
Wonderfully stirring. The tale Wilson has to tell is so exciting, and the bravura with which he recounts it is so infectious, that his case becomes irresistible.
-David McKie, THE GUARDIAN
文气激荡，摄人心魄。此书所述之史激情满溢，威尔逊讲史感染力十足，他的著作有一股无可阻挡的魅力。
——大卫•麦凯，《卫报》
Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius.
-Hilary Spurling, THE OBSERVER
威尔逊有着天才般卓绝的洞察力。
——希拉里•斯伯林，《观察家报》
Wilson’s ability to tackle great issues…with such assurance and perception suggests that he is a rising star.
- Max Hastings, SUNDAY TIMES
威尔逊讲述大事件的能力……既严谨信实又精辟洞达，他是冉冉上升的新星。
——马克斯•黑斯廷斯，《星期日泰晤士报》
长久以来，英国只是处于欧洲边缘的三流海洋国家，其岛屿四周的海面上全无法纪可言，各种灾厄接踵而至。然而，就是这样一个毫不起眼的岛国，在其发展的过程中，屡次战胜来自四面八方的海上威胁。特拉法尔加海战之后，英国稳坐海洋霸主之位，成为统治世界海洋的强大贸易帝国。最终，它在20世纪丧失这一霸权，其海洋帝国的史诗画上了句点。
《深蓝帝国》讲述了从阿尔弗雷德大帝到伊丽莎白女王登基60周年庆典之间的英国海军全史，同时，它也是一部英国文化史和帝国史。

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, <i>Admirals </i>celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.'

Battle at Sea looks at every aspect of the story of warfare on, above, and under the sea, including classic naval engagements daring raids carried out on ships in harbor, and landing operations such as D-Day, where control of the sea was essential to transport land forces to new battlefronts. Special features within the book include: graphic and dramatic battle catalogs relating the stories of the men, ships, and organizations behind history's greatest naval conflicts; spectacular 3D digital artworks following the crucial stages of key battles, step by step; profiles of naval crew - the captain, officers, gunners, quartermaster, surgeon, cooks, and boatswains - exploring their changing roles throughout history; eyewitness accounts recreating the experience of the opposing forces in key battles, whether preparing for conflict, in the heat of battle, or dealing with the aftermath of an engagement; photographic tours revealing the intricate details of surviving or reconstructed warships-from an Ancient Greek trireme to a nuclear-powered submarine; features on weapons and technology highlighting developments in naval warfare, from boarding equipment to sonar, cannons to missiles, and propulsion through steam to nuclear power.

First published in 1976, this book is the first detailed examination of the history of British sea power since A.T. Mahan's classic The Influence of Sea Power on History , published in 1890. In analyzing the reasons for the rise and fall of Great Britain as a predominant maritime nation in the period from the Tudors to the present day, Professor Kennedy sets the Royal Navy within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategical considerations.<br /><br />To this new paperback edition the author has added a new introduction that brings the discussion of naval power up to date, with special emphasis on today’s enormous U.S. Navy as the prime contemporary example of the use of naval forces to wield global influence.