Cassell 2000. Hardback with dust jacket, 224 pp.
"Every library requires a basic source on sailing ship warfare, a
need solidly met by Lambert's profusely illustrated survey of the two
centuries of naval dominance...Lambert, a naval historian in Britain,
efficiently economizes his text, wasting few words to narrate the
geopolitical framework for the expensive construction and maintenance of
fleets, of strategies...and, ultimately, of their tactics in
battle....Twenty maps and perspective schematics of battles support this
able introduction..."--Booklist.