American naval history, 1607-1865 :: overcoming the colonial legacy /

For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this da...

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1. Verfasser: Dull, Jonathan R., 1942- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in war, society, and the military.
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Zusammenfassung:For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. A wide-ranging yet concise survey of the U.S. Navy from the colonial era through the Civil War, the book draws on American, British, and French history to reveal how navies reflect diplomatic, political.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 194 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-182) and index.
ISBN:9780803240520
080324052X
9781283687751
1283687755
9780803244719
0803244711

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