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Article: Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853
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- Naval War College Review
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- October 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Naval War College Autumn 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Morriss, Roger. Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853. Studies in Maritime History, ed. William N. Still, Jr. Columbia: Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998. 338t)v. $39.95
Cockburn: a swashbuckling role model for Patrick O'Brien's Jack Aubrey, or an intransigent obstacle to progress that assumed Berlin Wall proportions? Who could fail to be intrigued by an insight of the man who was taught by Nelson, described by the Americans as "the savage Cockburn" (after he had attacked and burned Washington), who spent a year with Napoleon as his custodian in St. Helena, and then seventeen years in politics? Today we are bombarded with images through the ...