Abandoned Ocean A History of United States Maritime Policy

Name: Abandoned Ocean A History of United States Maritime Policy
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ISBN: 9781570034275

ISBN-10: 1570034273

ISBN-13: 9781570034275

Edition: 2001

Authors: Andrew Gibson, Arthur Donovan

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication date: 1/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosphie in Paris.



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Tables


Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Free Trade and American Enterprise



From Colony to New Nation, 1600-1790



Maritime Wars and Reciprocity, 1790-1830



The Golden Age, 1830-1860



The Civil War and the Turn to the West, 1860-1880



Maritime Decline, Naval Revival, 1880-1914



War-Impelled Industries



The Vortex of War and Its Aftermath, 1914-1930



Maritime Policy in the New Deal, 1930-1939



The Merchant Marine in World War II, 1939-1945



Dreams of a New Golden Age, 1945-1960



The Approaching End



Attempts to Avoid a Second Decline, 1960-1980



The Rapidly Changing Maritime World



Military Sealift after World War II



The Search for a Workable Maritime Program, 1980-1992



The Final Push to Extend Maritime Subsidies, 1992-1999



The American Maritime Industry in a Time of Transition



The Nixon Maritime Program: A Personal Memoir


Notes


Bibliography


Index