Anglo-Dutch Wars Research Articles

Book Review: The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the Seventeenth Century

Book Review: The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the Seventeenth Century

The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the Seventeenth Century.

1. Introduction. 2. The Marine Background. 3. Material, Personnel and Administration. 4. War and the Dutch State. 5. War and the English State. 6. The First War 1652-4. 7. The Second War 1665-7. 8. The Third War 1672-4. 9.Conclusion. Select Bibliography

The `Military Revolution' Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea

Beginning in the sixteenth century, myriad interrelated changes in the art of war in the West, first described by Michael Roberts as a 'military revolution', enabled the European states to secure global hegemony. While military leaders ashore could look back on a fairly rich written western tradition and draw at least some lessons from history, naval commanders of the seventeenth century secured no insights from the study of a nearly barren naval past. Captain John Smith's A Sea Grammar, first published in 1627 but reissued in 1652 as the First Anglo-Dutch War began, proffered some general guidelines for war at sea. It was instead a deliberate step toward a new concept of naval organization based upon the extension of military values to warfare at sea.' The First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars marked the beginning of a new tactical system.

The `Military Revolution' Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea

The `Military Revolution' Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea

A system of ambition?: British foreign policy, 1660-1793

This work charts the rise of Britain to a position of spectacular greatness on the international stage, with an empire to provide vast wealth and prestige. Background events include the Anglo-Dutch wars, the wars of the Austrian and Spanish successions, the Seven Years War and the American and French revolutions. The book explores the role of parliaments; the influence of the Crown; the diplomatic system; the impact of military considerations; the importance of trade; and the growing effect of public opinion and press.

Rulers of the Indian Ocean

Written by G.A. Ballard, this book is the history of maritime trade and hostilities between the European powers themselves and between the successive European states and the states in India. Original sources of the Portuguese, Dutch, French and British historians were analyzed, compared and contrasted while attempting to give an unbiased history of it.Written in 1927 the book in divided into 14 chapters and it treats the subject chronologically: from the ancient navigators, to the arrival of the Europeans starting with the Portuguese continuing to entry of the Dutch and the Anglo-Dutch wars, the Anglo-French wars and the British supremacy. The book first appeared in the Mariners Mirror, the quarterly journal of the society for Nautical Research. The book includes accounts of: King Manoel, Vasco da Gama, Alphonso Albuquerque, Admiral Coen, Commandore La Bourdonnains, Vice-Admiral Pocock, Pierre-Andre De Suffrew, Sir Edward Hughes, and King George V 19th century - Nineteenth century.