United States Revenue and Coast Guard cutters in naval warfare, 1790-1918 /

"This book covers the history of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1790 to World War I. The Coast Guard has historically served with or under the U.S. Navy in national defense missions. The naval period surveys the evolution of wooden hulled, wind powered sailing ships to fuel powered iron hulled vesse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ostrom, Thomas P. (Autor), Allen, David H., 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Temas:
United States. > Coast Guard > History.
United States. > Revenue-Cutter Service > History.
United States. > Coast Guard
United States. > Revenue-Cutter Service
Revenue cutters > United States.
Warships > United States > History.
Navires de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Revenue cutters
Warships
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Cutters, Crews and Missions (1790â#x80;#x93;1915); 2 The Quasi-War with France (1798â#x80;#x93;1800); 3 The War of 1812: Background and Overview; 4 Naval Combat in the War of 1812; 5 Revenue Cutters in the War of 1812; 6 Revenue Marine Missions in the War of 1812; 7 Pirates, Slaves and Seminole Indians; 8 War with Mexico (1846â#x80;#x93;1848); 9 The Antebellum Period; 10 The Confederate and Union Navies (1861â#x80;#x93;1865); 11 The Revenue Cutter Service in the Civil War; 12 Historical Assessments of the Civil War Navies
  • 13 Policing the Alaska Frontier (1867â#x80;#x93;1915)14 The Spanish-American War (1898); 15 The USRCS and the U.S. Coast Guard Merge; An Overview of Naval Operations from 1790 to the 20th Century; Epilogue; Appendix: Maps; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

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