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La Royale
[Buy it!] | Dessert, Daniel | USD 32.21
(Wed May 22 22:35:35 2024) | AbebooksFR | Chapitre.com : livres et presse ancienne | ISBN10: 2213023484, ISBN13: 9782213023489, [publisher: Fayard] Softcover " La Royale " compte parmi les fleurons du Grand Siècle. Duquesne, Tourville, Jean Bart, Duguay-Trouin, Forbin, par leurs succès et leurs exploits, ont écrit quelques-unes des plus belles pages de notre histoire maritime. Tout ce lustre doit beaucoup aux efforts acharnés d'une poignée de ministres compétents, d'administrateurs actifs, de financiers entreprenants. Le résultat ne laisse d'étonner: pour la première fois, la marine française dispute le sceptre des mers aux plus illustres nations maritimes. Sa genèse n'allait point de soi et représente l'une des grandes aventures politiques et gestionnaires du règne de Louis XIV. Construire, armer, équiper, radouber puis combattre mobilise quasiment tout le royaume. Derrière de brillantes apparences se manifestent cependant des contradictions, des insuffisances congénitales qui vont engendrer bien des mécomptes et qui expliquent, par-delà les siècles, un destin trop souvent contrarié. Daniel Dessert, agrégé d'histoire, docteur ès lettres, est professeur à l'Ecole navale. Il est l'auteur d'Argent, pouvoir et société au Grand Siècle, Fayard, 1983, et d'une biographie de Fouquet, Fayard, 1987. - Nombre de page(s) : 393 p. - Poids : 0g - Langue : fre - Genre : Histoire Essais Nouvelles études historiques
[LAMNAY, France] [Publication Year: 1996]
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Oil and Geopolitics in the Caspian Sea Region
[Buy it!] | Croissant, Michael P. and Bulent Aras | USD 37.50
(Wed May 22 22:35:35 2024) | Abebooks | Eureka Books | ISBN10: 0275963950, ISBN13: 9780275963958, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover First Edition 305 pages. The book consists of essays on the history of oil development in the region, the politics in the various regional countries and the perspective of external states, including the United States. First edition (first printing). Near fine in blue paper over board covers. No dust jacket. The opening of the Caspian Sea basin to Western investment following the breakup of the Soviet Union produced a major contest for access to the region's vast energy reserves on the part of powers as close as Russia, Turkey, and Iran, and as far away as Japan and the United States. Indeed, the struggle to exploit Caspian oil has been one of the most monumental geopolitical developments of the post-Cold War era as external powers vie for political, economic, and military influence in a region brimming not only with oil, but also with ethnic conflicts and historical animosities. The coming decade of rapidly increasing demand for energy will ensure the continued interest and engagement of external powers with often competing geopolitical agendas. Thus the geopolitical developments spawned by the opening of the Caspian Sea are likely to continue to far outweigh the actual impact of Caspian oil on world energy markets. This collection of essays by prominent scholars and international experts offers several important and often conflicting interpretations of the events unfolding along the shores of the world's oldest oil-producing region.
[Eureka, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
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