Small boats and daring men : maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy / Benjamin F. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Benjamin, author.

Series:

Campaigns and commanders ; volume 66.

Campaigns and commanders ; volume 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History--18th century.

United States.

United States. Navy.

United States. Marine Corps.

History.

United States. Navy--History--19th century.

United States. Marine Corps--History--19th century.

Irregular warfare.

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

Naval history.

Naval tactics.

Irregular warfare--United States.

Raids (Military science).

Genre:

History.

Naval history.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy

Place of Publication:

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Examines the naval history of the Early American era and how raiding and irregular naval warfare by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps acted as a key element in the story of American sea power."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

John Paul Jones and the birth of American naval irregular warfare

Wars done by halves: quasi-war operations

Intrepid and irregular warfare on the Barbary Coast

Raiding on the lakes, 1812-1814

Destructive machines and partisan operations: the Torpedo Act and the War of 1812

Pirates and privateers: dawn of the West Indies Squadron

First Sumatra expedition, 1831-1832

Return to Sumatra: the East India Squadron, 1838-1839

Conclusion: the regularity of the irregular-raiding and irregular warfare in the age of sail and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806162829

0806162821

OCLC:

1061863889