Craig L Symonds: American Naval History

Cover: 9780199394760 | American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction | Craig L. Symonds

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This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British during the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima.

The book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the U.S. Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds captures the evolving culture of the navy and debates between policymakers about what role the institution should play in world affairs. Internal and external challenges dramatically altered the size and character of the navy, with long periods of quiet inertia alternating with rapid expansion emerging out of crises. The history of the navy reflects the history of the nation as a whole, and its many changes derive in large part from the changing role of the United States itself.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199394760
ISBN-10:	0199394768
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Symonds, Craig L
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	175 x 103 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Craig L Symonds
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.05.2018
Gewicht:	0,131 kg