The U.S. Navy : a concise history / Craig L. Symonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Symonds, Craig L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

United States--History, Naval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century.

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 the Second World War (1939-1945)

Confronting the Soviets: The Cold War Navy (1945-1975)

The U.S. Navy in the 21st Century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-939496-2

0-19-939495-4

OCLC:

936291833