Sailors in the Dock

Naval Courts Martial Down the Centuries

Peter C. Smith (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2011
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-6562-3 (ISBN)

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Covering the period from Sir Francis Drake to World War Two, this is the first book to be written on this subject in over 100 years. During that period, thanks to naval power, Great Britain rose from an obscure island to a worldwide empire. The mean that controlled these fleets wielded enormous power and influence and produced victory after victory, but they were as individuals as diverse a collection of colourful characters as could be created. Often more at war with each other than the enemy not everything went to plan. The results were sometimes fatal, sometimes tragic, quite often unintentionally hilarious, but the resulting trials and their outcomes, from mutiny to dereliction of duty to plain stupidity, often had far-reaching effects on British social fabric and become woven into the legal system of the land.

PETER C. SMITH has published over seventy books worldwide, plus numerous magazine articles. His published work is in mainly maritime, aeronautical and military history subjects, but he has also published factual books on cruise ships, London, the Thames and more.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2011
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7524-6562-7 / 0752465627
ISBN-13	978-0-7524-6562-3 / 9780752465623
Zustand	Neuware