ABSTRACT
This ground-breaking book provides the first study of naval ideology, defined as the mass of cultural ideas and shared perspectives that, for early modern states and belief systems, justified the creation and use of naval forces. Sixteen scholars examine a wide range of themes over a wide time period and broad geographical range, embracing Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Venice and the United States, along with the "extra-national" polities of piracy, neutrality, and international Calvinism. This volume provides important and often provocative new insights into both the growth of western naval power and important elements of political, cultural and religious history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
Introduction
section Section I|67 pages
Navies and National Identities
chapter 3|16 pages
Towards a Scientific Navy
section Section II|54 pages
Monarchical Projects
chapter 6|16 pages
‘Great Neptunes of the Main’
section Section III|89 pages
Communities of Violence
chapter 8|14 pages
Corsairs in Tunis From the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
chapter 11|17 pages
Greeks Into Privateers
section Section IV|73 pages
Constructing Strategies
chapter 13|18 pages
Neutrality at Sea
chapter 15|20 pages
Debating the Purpose of a Navy in a New Republic
section Section V|13 pages
Afterword