In this sweeping naval-history work, Padfield argues that maritime power has been the decisive factor in shaping modern global politics and the rise of free societies. He traces the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century (1852-2001), showing how societies rooted in freedom of expression, individual enterprise and open trade—characteristic of maritime powersâ€â€¦
In Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of tne Western Mind I sugested that we, the liberal western nations.
God, the gun and the sailing ship were the three pillars of Western civilisation.
<p>MARITIME SUPREMACY is the key which unlocks most, if not all, large questions of modern history, certainly the puzzle of haw and the why we the Western democracies-are as we are. ......</p>