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The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendency 1755-1815. Resources, Logistics and the State,

This book derives from research begun in the mid-1980s and continually added to since then. It compliments ‘Naval Power and British Culture' (2004). While that book examined the evolution of administrative culture in the late 18th-early 19th century, this book looks at material resources and organisation. Both are derived from research in the confidential papers of the Admiralty Secretary, hitherto ignored but dealing with finance, crises, politics and management issues. This study provides a thorough survey of both naval and overseas army organisation and supply. It reveals how the British State was able to operate militarily on a global scale.