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America, Sea Power, and the World

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bradford, James C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- America, Sea Power, and the World -- Contents -- Contributors -- Maps -- Figures -- Tables -- Vignettes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Sea Power and the Modern State System -- Sea Power in the Ancient World -- The Modern World and the Great Power System -- Competition for Empire -- Anglo-Dutch Wars -- Development of Modern Navies -- War of the Grand Alliance (1688-1697) -- Privateering -- War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 -- Sailing Warships -- Wars of the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- Chapter 2 The American War for Independence at Sea -- Royal Navy Operations to 1778 
505 8 |a America's Naval Response -- Washington's Navy -- Battle of Valcour Island -- State Navies -- Privateers -- The Continental Navy -- The French Alliance -- The Continental Navy and Guerre de Course -- Changes in Strategy, 1778-1780 -- The Yorktown Campaign -- The End of the War -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Genesis of the US Navy, 1785-1806 -- Commerce Navy, 1794-1796: The Humphreys Frigates -- Regional Navy, 1797-1800: The Quasi-War -- Commerce Navy, 1801-1805: The Tripolitan War -- Coastal Navy, 1806-1812 -- Conclusion 
505 8 |a Chapter 4 The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807-1815 -- Plight of a Neutral -- Path to War -- 1812: Strategy and Opening Operations -- 1813: The Naval War Expands -- 1814: Tragedy and Triumph -- War in the Southwest -- Rhetoric and Reality -- Chapter 5 The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815-1890 -- Distant Stations -- Andrew Jackson, Navalist -- China and the East India Squadron -- Reform and Exploration -- War with Mexico -- Matthew Fontaine Maury -- The "Opening" of Japan -- Late Nineteenth-Century Naval Retrenchment -- Conclusion 
505 8 |a Chapter 6 Technological Revolution at Sea -- Technology in the Early Navy -- Technology in the "Old Navy" -- Technology in the "New Navy" -- Armor and Metallurgy -- Naval Ordnance -- Technology in the Early Battleship Period -- "The Americans Are Very Clever" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Civil War: Blockade and Counter-Blockade -- War Aims and Strategy -- Union Blockade -- Port Royal -- Blockade Duty -- Running the Blockade -- New Technology -- Confederate Raiders -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters -- Piercing the Northwest Barrier -- New Orleans 
505 8 |a The Peninsula Campaign -- Mississippi River Operations -- Conjunct Operations, 1863-1865 -- Closing Confederate Ports -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The New Navy, 1865-1895 -- Return to Peacetime Missions -- Professional Development -- Rebuilding the Navy -- Alfred Thayer Mahan and a New Strategy -- The New Navy and America's Role in the World -- Publicizing the New Navy -- Personnel -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895-1910 -- Revolution in Naval Affairs -- Revolution in American Foreign Affairs -- Spanish-American-Philippine-Cuban War of 1898 
500 |a New Responsibilities for the Navy 
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