N.A.M. RODGER

NAM Rodgers The Command of the Ocean, the second part of his naval history trilogy that began with The Safeguard of the Sea, describes Britains rise to naval greatness during the period 1649-1815 when she finally gained sovereignty of the seas around the British Isles. It ably demonstrates the importance of naval history to the life of government and the nation; links naval history with political, social, economic, diplomatic, administrative, medical and religious history and charts the naval histories of Britains enemies and neighbors including France, Holland, Spain, Denmark and the United States.