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Small boats and daring men : maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy
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Small boats and daring men : maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy / Benjamin Armstrong.
ISBN
9780806162829
0806162821
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Examines the naval history of the Early American era and how raiding and irregular naval warfare by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps acted as a key element in the story of American sea power."-- Provided by publisher.
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Maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Campaigns and commanders ; volume 66
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
John Paul Jones and the birth of American naval irregular warfare
Wars done by halves: quasi-war operations
Intrepid and irregular warfare on the Barbary Coast
Raiding on the lakes, 1812-1814
Destructive machines and partisan operations: the Torpedo Act and the War of 1812
Pirates and privateers: dawn of the West Indies Squadron
First Sumatra expedition, 1831-1832
Return to Sumatra: the East India Squadron, 1838-1839
Conclusion: the regularity of the irregular-raiding and irregular warfare in the age of sail and beyond.
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