ENGLAND IN THE SEVEN YEARS WAR: 1756-1763

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Two-volume set covers England in the Seven Years War (1756-1763). The policy of England - that of Pitt - was to limit the commitment in terms of men; priority was given to the Royal Navy and an indirect form of colonial warfare allied with blockade was established. The naval intricacies, along with their political and land-based military corollaries, are illuminated as ever present simmering tensions between England and France, and the newly emergent Prussia and Austria, lead to a conflict that dragged many other nations into the strife.

The second volume carries the narrative on into 1760: an abortive counter-attack by French forces in Canada; further pressure in Germany thwarted by Frederick and his generals; and the catastrophic intervention of Spain into the war.