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On wide seas : the US Navy in the Jacksonian era /

"A detailed account of how the US Navy modernized itself between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, through strategic approaches to its personnel, operations, technologies, and policies, among them an emerging officer corps, which sought to professionalize its own ranks, modernize the platforms...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berube, Claude G., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2021]
Colección:Maritime currents.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : A journey toward maritime destiny
  • Naval inheritance
  • The intellectual awakening of the Navy : A republic of ideas
  • Governing the Navy
  • Force structure and modernization
  • Maritime destiny : A global strategy and naval operations
  • An actualized naval culture
  • Conclusion : The awakening of the US Navy.