ANATOMY NAVAL DISASTER : The 1746 French Expedition to North America
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0773538747
ISBN-13
9780773538740
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint
McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 15th, 2011
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 14.90 x 2.80 cms
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A compelling account of one of the most ambitious and catastrophic French naval expeditions in the eighteenth century.
Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.
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