This People's Navy The Making of American Sea Power

Name: This People's Navy The Making of American Sea Power
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ISBN: 9780029134719

ISBN-10: 0029134714

ISBN-13: 9780029134719

Edition: 1992

Authors: Kenneth J. Hagan

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Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 8/21/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

KENNETH J. HAGAN is Professor of Strategy at U.S. Naval War College at Monterey and is an award-winning author of many books including the New York Times Notable Book, This People's Navy.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The American Way of War at Sea, 1775-1783



"A Good Occasion to Begin a Navy," 1783-1800



"Strength and Bravery in Every Sea," 1801-1815



Extending the Empire of Commerce, 1815-1846



Brown-Water War for a Blue-Water Empire, 1846-1860



A Navy Divided Against Itself, 1861-1890



"Not Merely a Navy for Defense," 1890-1898



"Incomparably the Greatest Navy in the World," 1898-1918



Facing the Island Empires, 1919-1933



Guerre de Course Once Again, 1933-1945



The Navy's War in the Pacific, 1941-1945



In Search of a Mission, 1945-1962



Toward a Six-Hundred-Ship Navy, 1963-1990


Epilogue


Bibliographical Essay


Index