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The U.S. Navy : a concise history
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The U.S. Navy : a concise history / Craig L. Symonds.
ISBN
9780199394944 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780199394951 (e-book)
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (149 pages)
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Print version: Symonds, Craig L. U.S. Navy : a concise history. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809)
An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812
A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850)
Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865)
The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900)
A Navy second to none: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939)
The two-ocean Navy: The U.S. Navy in the Second World War (1939-1945)
Confronting the Soviets: The Cold War Navy (1945-1975)
The U.S. Navy in the 21st Century.
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