The Sea and Civilization : A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)

from Chalkstone

This book is epic in its proportions. I benefited from reading it intermittently over a long period of time. I often try to convince people that you cannot understand history without understanding sailing. Samuel Eliot Morison makes this point often in his histories. Lincoln Paine does a thorough...

from questbird

This tome took me four years to read, but it was very good. It provides a history of seafaring, and a sideways glimpse at world history. I learned a lot about Korean-Japanese-Chinese relations, World War 2 naval strategy, containerisation and flags of convenience, French and English sparring in t...

from WaltNoise

Lincoln Paine's The Sea and Civilization provides an essential supplement to terrestrial-oriented world histories. The importance of maritime affairs in commercial and military affairs is well-known, but is skimmed over in many histories that focus on land-based politics. This book will be most u...

from Hiromatsuo

Single volume histories of the world are always a toss up in regards to coverage due to the vastness of human history. In the introduction of "The Sea and Civilization," Lincoln Paine writes that he is attempting to address the realm of maritime history that has been neglected in modern history w...