University of Minnesota Press, 1973. — 380 p. This older book completely details the complex relationship between Louis XIV, the Knights of Malta and the strengthening of the French Galleys Navy during his reign (in 1643-1715). A complex subject covered in a easy to follow style of writing.
University of Toronto Press, 1956. — 252 p. By choosing to concentrate upon discovering what forest resources were available to the French navy during the Ancien régime and what use it was able to make of them, Mr. Bamford has not only provided the first monograph on that subject in the English language, but has gone far toward explaining why France was the loser in the long...
Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1993. — 416 p. The book follows the evolution of the sailing Frigate in the French Navy from its earliest beginnings to the advent of steam (during 1650-1850). Each type is covered in a separate chapter. The final chapter investigates all aspects of their evolution, with major sections on French sea ordnance, internal arrangements,...
Princeton University Press, 2015. — 459 p. Military history is an essential component of wartime diplomatic history, Jonathan R. Dull contends, and this belief shapes his account of the French navy as the means by which French diplomacy helped to win American independence. The author discusses the place of long-range naval requirements in the French decision to aid the American...
University of Nebraska Press, 2005. — 445 p. The Seven Year's War (1756-1763) was the world's first global conflict, spanning five continents and the critical sea lanes that connected them. This book is the fullest account ever written of the French navy's role in the hostilities. It is also the most complete survey of both phases of the war: the French and Indian War in North...
Marines Editions, 2004. — 96 p. — ISBN: 978-2915379051. L’Émile Bertin était un croiseur léger de la marine française. Il a été baptisé du nom de l'ingénieur du génie maritime Louis-Émile Bertin, en son honneur. Ses caractéristiques ont inspiré la conception des croiseurs légers français de la classe La Galissonnière. Jusqu'en 1939, il navigue en Atlantique comme navire amiral...
Nice: Ancre press, 1996. — 234 p. — (Collection Archeologie Navale Francaise). L'auteur a su présenter dans son cadre historique, la création et l'évolution de la marine de Louis XIV. L'ouvrage comporte 126 illustrations ainsi que 30 tableaux et figures diverses. Le vaisseau Le vaisseau : le voilier des armées navales. Le combat en ligne de file: une tactique faite sur mesure....
Macdonald & Co., 1969. — 177 p. — ISBN: 0356023842. Navies of the Second World War was a series of books that described the ships of navies in World War II. The excellant descriptions also include information on changes in the ships durring the war and a history of each ship's fate. This volume deals with French battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, torpedo...
Macdonald & Co., 1969. — 179 p. — ISBN: 035602385X. Navies of the Second World War was a series of books that described the ships of navies in World War II. The excellant descriptions also include information on changes in the ships durring the war and a history of each ship's fate. This volume deals with French sloops, corvettes, submarine chasers, MTB's, mine sweepers, gun...
Marines Editions, 1999. — 98 p. — ISBN: 2-909675-55-6. L'Algérie est le dernier des sept croiseurs de 10 000 tw construit en France entre 1924 et 1934. Ce croiseur a été un bâtiment réussi sur le plan technique, bien armé et bien protégé tout en conservant une vitesse satisfaisante et une autonomie supérieure à celle des croiseurs français précédents. L'élégance du bâtiment est...
Marines Éditions, 1999. — 96 p. — ISBN: 2-909675-55-6 98. L'histoire de ce navire et de ses aspects techniques. Avec une riche iconographie et une reproduction des schémas de ce croiseur.
Leiden: Brill, 2007. — 242 p. Anglo-American theoreticians have to a large extent dominated the formulation and study of modern naval strategy in Western countries. This Anglo-American dominance has resulted in a focus on how the superior power should exploit its superiority in order to realize its strategic objectives. The present study differs from other books on naval...
Springer, 1974. — 268 p. The French navy that fought in the Nine Years War was essentially Colbert's creation. Earlier in the century Richelieu had given France the beginnings of a navy: ships, ports, a corps of officers and an administrative structure. But most of his work was undone by neglect in the years after his death, and the task of making France a maritime power had to...
Naval Institute Press, 2017. — 464 p. — ISBN: 978-1473893511. The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661. Thereafter, Louis XIV's navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world, at the same time establishing a...
Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2015. — 464 p. : illustrations, maps. In 1786 the French Navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, having frequently outfought or outmanoeuvred the Royal Navy in battle, and made a major contribution to American independence. The reputation of its ship design and fighting skills never stood higher, yet...
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