In Battle at Sea , John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, The Face of Battle . He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through t...(展开全部)

The nineteenth century saw several major innovations in naval warfare. Reliable steam engines made it so that ships no longer depended on the wind and could maneuver more freely. At the same time, new explosive shells were developed, replacing cannonballs, and no wooden ship could withstand them. In response to these shells, a new class of self-propelled, armored "ironclads" wa...(展开全部)

America is the first world power to inhabit an immense land mass open at both ends to the world's two largest oceans - the Atlantic and the Pacific. This gives America a great competitive advantage often overlooked by Atlanticists, whose focus remains overwhelmingly fixed on America's relationship with Europe. Bruce Cumings challenges the Atlanticist perspective in this innovat...(展开全部)

America is the first world power to inhabit an immense land mass open at both ends to the world's two largest oceans - the Atlantic and the Pacific. This gives America a great competitive advantage often overlooked by Atlanticists, whose focus remains overwhelmingly fixed on America's relationship with Europe. Bruce Cumings challenges the Atlanticist perspective in this innovat...(展开全部)

威廉·索登·西姆斯，美国海军上将，海军战争学院院长。他是19世纪末和20世纪初美国海军现代化的推动人物。在第一次世界大战期间，他是美国海军大西洋-欧洲战区司令，是打败德国无限制潜艇战的指挥者与见证者。 伯顿·杰西·亨德里克，美国作家，先后获得耶鲁大学学士学位与硕士学位。《纽黑文早间新闻》《纽约晚报》《纽约太阳报》《麦克卢尔杂志》《世界工作杂志》编辑。 ² 译者简介 吴安红，西北师范大学外国语学院讲师，硕士研究生学历，资深翻译，发表学术论文三篇，参加课题两项。