Format:
Online-Ressource (212 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780803240520
Series Statement:
Studies in war, society, and the military
Content:
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, economic
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 The American Colonies and theBritish Navy, 1607-1775; 2 The War against Britain, 1775-1783; 3 A New Navy Fights France and theBarbary States, 1783-1805; 4 A Precarious Neutrality Ends in a SecondWar against Britain, 1805-1815; 5 Trade Protection and War with Mexico,1815-1861; 6 The Civil War, 1861-1865; Illustration; 7 Epilogue; Notes and Suggested Further Reading; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803244719
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803240520
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe American Naval History, 1607-1865 : Overcoming the Colonial Legacy
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
