{"product_id":"on-sea-land-william-laird-clowes-9781782827634","title":"On Sea \u0026 Land: Small Wars, Minor Actions and Naval Brigades-A Military History of the Royal Navy Volume 2 1856-1881","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe second volume of a three volume history of the Royal Navy at war in the 19th century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a century, from the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the Battle of Jutland during the First World War, the Royal Navy fought very few major battles. Indeed, as the 19th century progressed and the British Empire inexorably expanded its global holdings and influence the role of the British navy became defined by three principal activities. The first--which is not the subject of these books--concerned exploration and discovery; the second focussed on international maritime policing particularly in the eradication of piracy and the slave trade; and the third concerned the Royal Navy's engagement in a plethora of small expeditions, campaigns and wars, which either involved short decisive actions afloat or employed naval brigades in shore actions with or without naval guns. In this period there were, of course, some larger conflicts and these are included in these three volumes as the chronology unfolds. The Royal Navy's military activities are covered in these volumes--edited from a multi-volume history of the Royal Navy--concisely but thoroughly, making them essential resources for all those with an interest in the subject. All volumes include maps and illustrations original to these Leonaur editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume two comprehensively covers the period 1856 to 1881, when the Royal Navy was in action during the Second Opium War, the Indian Mutiny, the Maori Wars of the 1860s, the Abyssinian Expedition, the conflict against Madagascar and the Zanzibar Pirates, the Zulu War, the First Boer War among others, together with many minor expeditions and actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Laird Clowes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782827633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782827634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonaur Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"William Laird Clowes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867091718399,"sku":"9781782827634","price":18.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4bd9e78-d15d-463d-ae75-643a6a6f354b.jpg?v=1747453873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-sea-land-william-laird-clowes-9781782827634","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}