Screen LibraryAmerican naval history : a very short introduction /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Very short introductions ; 564 |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: The U.S. Navy : a concise history, 2016. |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 142 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199394760 (paperback) : 0199394768 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | E182 |
| CLC: | E712.53-09 |
| Call Number: | E712.53-09/S988 |
| Contents: | An ad hoc navy: the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American navy: the age of sail (1783-1809) -- An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812 -- A constabulary navy: pirates, slavers, and manifest destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: the Civil War navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new navy (1865-1900) -- A navy second to none: the U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) -- The two-ocean navy: the U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945) -- Confronting the Soviets: the Cold War Navy (1945-1975) -- U.S. Navy in the twenty-first century. |