This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century.
This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Craig L. Symonds is Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of ten previous books, including The Battle of Midway, The Civil War at Sea, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, and Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History, which won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in 2006.
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List of illustrations Preface 1. An ad hoc navy: the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 2. Establishing an American navy: the Age of Sail (1783-1809) 3. An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812 4. A constabulary navy: pirates, slavers, and manifest destiny (1820-1850) 5. Steam and iron: the Civil War navy (1850-1865) 6. The doldrums and the new navy (1865-1900) 7. A navy second to none: the U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) 8. The two-ocean navy: the U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945) 9. Confronting the Soviets: the Cold War navy (1945-1975) 10. The U. S. Navy in the twenty-first century References Further Reading Index
List of illustrations Preface 1. An ad hoc navy: the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 2. Establishing an American navy: the Age of Sail (1783-1809) 3. An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812 4. A constabulary navy: pirates, slavers, and manifest destiny (1820-1850) 5. Steam and iron: the Civil War navy (1850-1865) 6. The doldrums and the new navy (1865-1900) 7. A navy second to none: the U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) 8. The two-ocean navy: the U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945) 9. Confronting the Soviets: the Cold War navy (1945-1975) 10. The U. S. Navy in the twenty-first century References Further Reading Index
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