Pax Britannica: Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace Before Armageddon

This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica, in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.

Author: B. Gough
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/28/2014
Pages: 374
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780230354302

About the Author
Barry Gough is the author of many prize-winning and critically acclaimed histories dealing with the Royal Navy and the British Empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of Kings College London, UK, and Archives By-Fellow Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. His most recent book is Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams (2012).