| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 523-544. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Trees, the establishment, and our revolution -- The Yankee race horse, Truxtun, and finally Preble -- The beginning of the War of 1812 -- Victories on the high seas -- The war on the lakes and finale on the seas -- The slow advent of steam -- Mutiny? -- The gun and the ship -- Iron ships and shell guns -- The race between the ironclads -- Battles between ironclad ships; war in the inland waters and at sea -- The post-Civil War doldrums and the beginning of idealism -- The Spanish-American War -- Idealism and the reformers -- World War I to Pearl and Midway -- The armageddon at sea -- Epilogue: A few ideas about our postwar navy. |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- History.
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United States -- History, Naval.
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| ISBN |
0030447119: $24.95 |
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