8. Commanding the Channel: the Channel Islands in British Grand Strategy, 1814−1914

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS viii
3. List of Illustrations x
4. List of Contributors xii
5. Preface xvi
6. Introduction: ‘The Ehrenbreitstein of the English Channel’ 1
7. Part 1: Corsairs – the Ancien Régime and French Wars from 1689
8. 1. Granville’s Privateers and Anglo-French Conflict in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 19
9. 2. ‘Fire No Guns, Shed No Tears’: Channel Island Privateers, British Strategic Thinking and the Politics of Neutrality During the Seven Years War 34
10. Part 2: The Islands – French and British Intelligence from the Seven Years War to 1815
11. 3. The Channel Islands in Anglo-French Strategy, 1756−82 53
12. Part 3: Territorial Waters – the Land and Sea Interface from the 17th to 20th Centuries
13. 4. Channel Islands Territorialisation: A Challenge Between Local, National, and International Law (XVII°−XIX°) 75
14. 5. Surveying the Islands: Captain Martin White RN and the Hydrography of the Islands 88
15. Part 4: Engineering Strategic Change
16. 6. Channel ‘Harbours of Refuge’ – Their Origins and Failures 109
17. Part 5: Alderney and the Channel Islands – Naval Strategy from 1815 to 1905
18. 7. The Channel Islands in French Naval Strategy from 1815 to 1906 131
19. 8. Commanding the Channel: the Channel Islands in British Grand Strategy, 1814−1914 148
20. Part 6: Civil Societies and Anglo-French Naval Rivalry – the 19th Century to WWI
21. 9. Hydrographic and Nautical Knowledge in French Coastal-Defence Strategy: the Case of the Channel Islands Area 173
22. 10. Alderney: The Impact of National Defence 195
23. Part 7: Trade War – the Protection of Channel Islands Shipping in the Great War
24. 11. The Channel Islands in French Naval Strategy During the First World War 217
25. 12. Royal Navy Trade Defence in the English Channel During the First World War 234
26. Afterword: Alderney, The Channel Islands, and the Study of History 259
27. Bibliography 271
28. Index 284