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The United States Navy : 200 years / Edward L. Beach

By: Beach, Edward L. (Edward Latimer), 1918-2002 [author]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : H. Holt, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Edition: 1st editionDescription: xxvi, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0030447119; 9780030447112Subject(s): United States. Navy -- History | United States Navy -- History | United States -- History, NavalAdditional physical formats: Online version:: United States Navy.DDC classification: 359.009 LOC classification: VA55 | .B36 1986
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
Summary: Thoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful and sometimes controversial past
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359.009 BEAC (Browse shelf) Available 64664

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-544) and index

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

Thoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful and sometimes controversial past

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