Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Seventeenth-Century Foundations 24
5. 2. Walpolean Imperial and Naval Policy 54
6. 3. Disorder, Discipline, and The Politics of Naval Reform 87
7. 4. The Seven Years’ War and the Patriot Alternative to Professionalization 121
8. 5. The Authoritarian Navy and the Crisis of Empire 155
9. Conclusion: The American Revolutionary War 191
10. Epilogue 211
11. Notes 219
12. Acknowledgments 297
13. Index 301