{"product_id":"9780300251487","title":"Seapower States : Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Lambert, Andrew, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/12\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 424 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYale University Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: General \u0026amp; world history, Economic history, Empires \u0026amp; historical states\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780300251487\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 - winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal - turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as \"sea powers\" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecognising that the United States and China are modern naval powers - rather than sea powers - is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a highly original \"big think\" analysis of five states whose success-and eventual failure-is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37351270580377,"sku":"9780300251487","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780300251487.jpg?v=1606758007","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780300251487","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}