Theodore Roosevelt, the U.S. Navy, and the Spanish-American War / edited by Edward J. Marolda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marolda, Edward J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

United States. Navy.

Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--Congresses.

Spanish-American War, 1898.

United States. Navy--History--Spanish-American War, 1898--Congresses.

United States.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Career in the Navy--Congresses.

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Spanish-American War, 1898--Influence--Congresses.

History.

Sea control.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 117 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

Theodore Roosevelt, an accomplished naval historian and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, led the charge in the 1890s for the creation of a U. S. fleet of modern, steel-hulled warships armed with the most powerful weapons. The future President and his intellectual soul mate, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, championed the theory of sea power to fuel America's emerging global expansion. The swift and overwhelming U. S. victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898 vindicated the views of TR and Mahan and marked the debut on the world stage of the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Marine Corps. Theodore Roosevelt, the U. S. Navy, and the Spanish-American War presents the work of prominent American and Spanish historians and naval officers who participated in a day-long conference held on October 21, 1998, in the U. S. Navy Memorial Foundation's Heritage Center on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. This work is a major contribution to our understanding of Theodore Roosevelt and "his" Navy at this key turning point in U. S. history.

Contents:

1. Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy, and the War with Spain / Anna K. Nelson 1

2. New Interpretations of How the USS Maine Was Lost / Dana Wegner 7

3. The Spanish Navy and the Spanish-American War / Rear Admiral Miguel A. Fernandez 19

4. Army-Navy Joint Operations in the Spanish-American War / Graham A. Cosmas 31

5. Theodore Roosevelt and the Heritage of the U.S. Navy / John A. Gable 39

6. Roosevelt's Naval Thinking before Mahan / Lieutenant Commander Henry J. Hendrix II 49

7. The Experience of the Spanish-American War and Its Impact on Professional Naval Thought / John B. Hattendorf 61

8. The Influence of the Spanish-American War on the U.S. Marine Corps / Jack Shulimson 81

9. "The Men Behind the Guns": The Impact of the War with Spain on the Navy Enlisted Force / James R. Reckner 95.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a symposium held at the U.S. Navy Memorial's Heritage Center, Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312240236

OCLC:

46975076