Thomas P. Ostrom, John J. Galluzzo

United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions, 1790 to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies dates from 1790, with missions in both domestic and international waters. The service has provided aids to navigation, enforcement of maritime laws, environmental protection, search and rescue, immigration and narcotics interdiction, maritime safety assistance, port security, natural disaster response and national defense missions, including overseas with other U.S. armed forces and federal and state public safety agencies. The Service has operated under the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Transportation and, since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security. Its maritime mission regions have included Arctic and Antarctic waters, inland and coastal U.S. waterways and the seas and oceans of the world. This history describes how the Coast Guard has manifested its legacy and motto, Semper Paratus (Always Ready), in changing conditions under each of its leaders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780786495269
• ISBN-10: 078649526X
• Artikelnr.: 41122832

Autorenporträt

A member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve from 1961 to 1969, Thomas P. Ostrom taught anthropology, geography, and history at Rochester Community College in Minnesota before retiring. He is a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Naval Historical Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Captain W. Russ Webster
Preface
Introduction
1. U.S. Revenue Marine and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (1790-1915)
2. U.S. Lighthouse Service (1789-1939)
3. U.S. Life-Saving Service (1878-1915)
4. Revenue Marine Chiefs (1843-1889)
5. Revenue Cutter Service Chiefs and Commandants
(1889-1915)
6. The U.S. Coast Guard Is Born (1911-1919)
7. Rum Runners and Depression (1919-1936)
8. The Coast Guard in the World War II Era (1936-1946)
9. The Post-War and Cold War Eras (1946-1962)
10. Vietnam, DOT, "Bender's Blues" and Fisheries Patrols (1962-1982)
11. Militarization, Middle East, Interdiction and Ecology (1982-1994)
12. Maritime Outreach, Asset Innovation and War on Terror
(1994-2002)
13. U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Articulation and
Homeland Security (2002-2006)
14. Deep Water Project and Natural Disasters
(2006-2010)
15. International Outreach, Security Cutters and Arctic
Expansion (2010-)
Epilogue: 2015 and Beyond
Appendix: Commandants of the Coast Guard and Chiefs of the Revenue Marine
Bureau
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index