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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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