Book Review: The Great Anglo-Russian Naval Alliance of the Eighteenth Century and Beyond by Philip MacDougall.

Autor: Romaniello, Matthew P.
Zdroj: International Journal of Maritime History; May2023, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p297-298, 2p
Abstrakt: Furthermore, MacDougall's approach emphasizes that the British Navy needed the commodities supplied by Russia to maintain its global presence - a trade that continued even while their allies fought each other during the Seven Years' War. Knowing that Russia rejected Britain's attempt to negotiate a commercial treaty in the 1710s only reaffirms Britain's weak negotiating position in the first half of the eighteenth century. This fact reveals that Britain needed Russia more than the reverse, even if Britain supplied technical experts for the Russian Navy. [Extracted from the article]
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