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Lone Star navy : Texas, the fight for the Gulf of Mexico, and the shaping of the American West /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
©2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- OVERTURE: SHIFTING WINDS
- PROLOGUE: PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION (1832-1835)-- One: The Troubled Texas Waters
- Two: Drawing Blood
- Three: The Influence of Naval Power on the Texas Revolution
- ACT ONE: FLEET OF THE REVOLUTION (1835-1836)-- Four: A War of Privateers
- Five: The Fleet that Sank its Government
- Six: Iron Men for Wooden Ships
- Seven: The Revolution at Sea
- ACT TWO: A NATIONAL FLEET (1836-1837)-- Eight: Defending the Lone Star
- Nine: The General at the Helm
- Ten: A Clash of Flagships
- Eleven: Mister Fisher's Revenge
- Twelve: Death of a Navy
- Thirteen: Hell to Pay
- INTERMISSION: THE PAPER NAVY (1837-1839)-- Fourteen: Managing a Ghost Fleet
- Fifteen: Vive la France!
- ACT THREE: THE SECOND TEXAS NAVY (1839-1846)-- Sixteen: Houston, Lamar and Shifting Political Currents
- Seventeen: Phoenix of the Sea
- Eighteen: Wintertime in New York
- Nineteen: The Seafaring Life
- Twenty: Gunboat Diplomacy
- Twenty-one: At Sea
- Twenty-two: Second Thoughts
- Twenty-three: The Great Game
- Twenty-four: Red Skies in Morning
- Twenty-five: The Wooden Aegis
- Twenty-six: Mutiny on the San Antonio
- Twenty-seven: The Horse Latitudes
- Twenty-eight: The Plan
- Twenty-nine: Amateurs in Command
- Thirty: "To Save the Republic"
- Thirty-one: The Last Hurrah
- Thirty-two: Cat and Mouse
- Thirty-three: The Showdown
- Thirty-four: The Pirate Navy
- Thirty-five: The War at Home
- Thirty-six: A Slow Death
- Thirty-seven: Jetsam and Flotsam
- Thirty-eight: Ghosts and Graves
- EPILOGUE
- The Verdict
- APPENDIX A: The Texas Navy and the San Jacinto Campaign
- APPENDIX B: Glossary of Selected Naval Terms.