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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Before the ink was dry on the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the young republic. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce from the vicious depredations of the Barbary pirates, or would it drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? How large a navy would suffice? The founders -- particularly...
4) Navy
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Reviews the history, modern day life, and equipment of the Navy, and details the enlistment and promotion procedures.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Pub. Date
1907.
Language
English
Description
The life of Admiral Mahan spanned the age of sail, the Civil War, the War in the Pacific, and the Spanish-American War, the rise of steam power, and the international political dramas that would explode into the First World War. He tells his story in this 1907 memoir.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1882, "The Naval War of 1812" is the first book by future United States president Theodore Roosevelt. Written two years after he graduated from Harvard, this seminal study of naval strategy was the culmination of several years of research by Roosevelt that he began while a college student. The book examines the naval battles between the United States and Great Britain during the War of 1812 and presents the facts in an unbiased...
Author
Publisher
Chilton Books
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
Civil War expert Robert MacBride charts the history of the ironclads of the Civil War, heavily illustrated with plans and diagrams. The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (nee Merrimack), at Hampton Roads was neither the beginning nor the end of the story of the ironclad warships in the Civil War. Both the Union and the Confederate navies not only had other ironclad ships in commission at the time of the battle, they already had used...