American naval history, 1607-1865 : overcoming the colonial legacy / Jonathan R. Dull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dull, Jonathan R., 1942-

Series:

Studies in war, society, and the military

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval history.

United States--History, Naval--To 1900.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. A wide-ranging yet concise survey of the U.S. Navy from the colonial era through the Civil War, the book draws on American, British, and French history to reveal how navies reflect diplomatic, political,

Contents:

The American colonies and the British Navy, 1607-1775

The war against Britain, 1775-1783

A new Navy fights France and the Barbary States, 1783-1805

A precarious neutrality ends in a second war against Britain, 1805-1815

Trade protection and war with Mexico, 1815-1861

The Civil Aar, 1861-1865

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283687751

1283687755

9780803244719

0803244711

OCLC:

818817950