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Decision at sea : five naval battles that shaped American history / Craig L. Symonds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Symonds, Craig L., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naval battles--History.
- Naval battles.
- United States--History, Naval.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 378 p. ) ill., maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Symonds tells the story of five critical naval engagements that have changed the course of American history: Lake Erie (1813), Hampton Roads (1862), Manila Bay (1898), Leyte Gulf (1944) and the Gulf War (1991). He describes the significance of each action & the technical innovations that helped the victors.
- Contents:
- Prologue : naval battles and history
- Wooden warships and the western frontier : the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813
- Iron, steam, and national union : the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862
- Armored cruisers and empire : the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898
- Naval aviation and world war : the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942
- Missile warfare and the American imperium : Operation Praying Mantis, the Persian Gulf, April 18, 1988
- Epilogue : naval battles and the 21st century.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771245-2
- 0-19-975488-8
- 1-280-84373-X
- 0-19-803828-3
- OCLC:
- 437109272
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