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[This] book is certainly an important one. There is very little published on the subject in English, and this may indeed be the first book of its kind . . . [and for] that reason alone, this is a valuable book because it helps to begin to fill that gap in the available literature. MacDougall's analysis offers much to consider when modern strategists reflect on what makes a state into a sea power, and what happens when nations that do not traditionally place high value on the sea attempt to build up large and regionally dominant navies. . . .[L]eads to important questions about how combat leadership mixes with administrative management in the creation of seapower, and the undervalued role of the construction and logistical support of fleets in the development of sustained naval power. THE STRATEGY BRIDGE

[This] book is certainly an important one. There is very little published on the subject in English, and this may indeed be the first book of its kind . . . [and for] that reason alone, this is a valuable book because it helps to begin to fill that gap in the available literature. MacDougall's analysis offers much to consider when modern strategists reflect on what makes a state into a sea power, and what happens when nations that do not traditionally place high value on the sea attempt to build up large and regionally dominant navies. . . .[L]eads to important questions about how combat leadership mixes with administrative management in the creation of seapower, and the undervalued role of the construction and logistical support of fleets in the development of sustained naval power. * THE STRATEGY BRIDGE *

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Philip MacDougall was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Economic History at the University of Kent. He is the author and editor of several books on maritime history, including The Naval Mutinies of 1797 (Boydell, 2011), Naval Resistance to Britain's Growing Power in India, 1660-1800 (Boydell, 2014) and Islamic Seapower during the Age of Fighting Sail (Boydell, 2017).

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