American naval history : a guide / Paolo E. Coletta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coletta, Paolo E. (Paolo Enrico), 1916-2007.

Contributor:

Coletta, Paolo E. (Paolo Enrico), 1916-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History, Naval--Bibliography.

United States.

Naval history.

United States. Navy--History--Bibliography.

United States. Navy.

History.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 935 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Contents:

Periodicals xi

B. Ships and Aircraft 24

C. Chronologies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias 46

D. Naval Terms 53

E. Maps and Battle Diagrams 56

F. Personnel Directories 58

G. Films, Videos, Audio Cassettes, and Museum Displays 60

H. Transcripts of Oral Interviews 62

I. Fiction and Literature 63

2. Concepts and Definitions 65

3. Ships, Colonies, and Wars, 1689-1776 69

4. Sea Power in the Revolutionary War 81

5. A Chip on the European War Table, 1783-1815 123

6. The U.S. Navy at Peace and War, 1815-1861 155

7. Naval Power in the Civil War, 1861-1865 173

8. The Post-Civil War Denouement and the Rise of the New Navy, 1865-1898 217

9. The Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion 229

10. The U.S. Navy Comes of Age, 1898-1914 239

11. Naval Power and World War I: Europe, 1914-1917 253

12. The U.S. Navy in World War I, 1917-1919 267

13. Naval Disarmament and Rearmament, 1918-1941 281

14. The Coming of World War II 321

15. World War II in Atlantic Waters, September 1939-December 1941 337

16. The U.S. Navy in World War II: Atlantic Theater

B. Northern Europe 385

C. The Mediterranean 397

D. Battle of the Atlantic 404

17. The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part I, From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal

B. Pearl Harbor 436

C. Wake, Guam, and the Loss of the Southern Resources Area 449

D. Early Allied Carrier Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea 457

E. Battle of Midway 459

F. The Aleutians 464

18. The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part II, The Campaign against Rabaul 467

19. The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part III, The Dual Advance and End of the Japanese Empire

B. Submarine Warfare 500

20. The Cold War and American Defense Reorganization, 1945-1950 507

21. Korea and Continued Communist Containment, 1950-1961 537

22. Kennedy, Johnson, and Sea Power in the 1960s and 1970s 555

23. The Challenge of the Soviet Navy, and the U.S. Navy's Forward Maritime Strategy 583

24. Sea Power for the 1980s 597

25. Reagan and the Rearming of America 619

26. Reagan and Nuclear Weapons: START, SDI, and SALT without SALT 647

27. To Russia with Love: The Bush Administration and the First Term of William Clinton 673

Special Topics

A. Amphibious Operations 709

B. Aviation 714

C. Decorations and Awards 742

D. Education, Ethics, and Leadership 744

E. Family Life, Retirement, Widows 756

F. Ceremonies, Drills, and Traditions 760

G. Intelligence and Counterintelligence 761

H. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency 773

I. Logistics 774

J. Maritime Law 788

K. Merchant Marine 792

L. Mine Warfare 797

M. Minorities 799

N. Navigation 802

O. Ocean Science 806

P. Ordnance 810

Q. Reserve Forces 818

R. Special Units 819

S. Strategy, Tactics, and War Games 823

T. Terrorism and Antiterrorism 836

U. Uniforms, Badges, and Insignia 840

V. Women in the Navy 842

W. Religion 853

X. Music and Art 855

Y. Physical Fitness 858

Z. Poetry 858.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: A selected and annotated bibliography of American naval history. c1988.

Includes indexes.

Related Work:

Coletta, Paolo E. (Paolo Enrico), 1916-2007. Selected and annotated bibliography of American naval history.

ISBN:

0810833026

OCLC:

38535894