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Anatomy of a Naval Disaster

The 1746 French Expedition to North America

by (author) James Pritchard

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1995
Category
France, Naval
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    ISBN
    9780773565531
    Publish Date
    Sep 1995
    List Price
    $40.95

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Pritchard describes the domestic and international political circumstances in France that gave rise to the expedition, outlining strategy and politics in the context of colonial defence and continental ambition. He reconstructs the events that contributed to the failure of the expedition - human and institutional weakness, weather, spoiled provisions, disease, and the death of the commanding admiral. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster exposes the ambitions and frailties of men, the arbitrariness of success, and the limits of power in the eighteenth century.

About the author

James Pritchard is a member of the Department of History at Queen's University.

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Editorial Reviews

"Pritchard broadens our understanding of a misunderstood event in colonial North American history and fits it into the contexts of French and European diplomatic and naval history. Anatomy of a Naval Disaster will stand as the authoritative treatment of the d'Enville expedition." W.G. Godfrey, Mount Allison University.

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