On wide seas : the US Navy in the Jacksonian era / Claude Berube.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berube, Claude G., 1966- author.

Series:

Maritime currents.

Maritime currents: history and archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.

United States.

United States--History, Naval--19th century.

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

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Influence.

Jackson, Andrew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

US Navy in the Jacksonian era

United States Navy in the Jacksonian era

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2021]

Summary:

"A detailed account of how the US Navy modernized itself between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, through strategic approaches to its personnel, operations, technologies, and policies, among them an emerging officer corps, which sought to professionalize its own ranks, modernize the platforms on which it sailed, and define its own role within national affairs and in the broader global maritime commons"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction: A Journey toward Maritime Destiny

One. Naval Inheritance

Two. The Intellectual Awakening of the Navy-A Republic of Ideas

Three. Governing the Navy

Four. Force Structure and Modernization

Five. Maritime Destiny-A Global Strategy and Naval Operations

Six. An Actualized Naval Culture

Conclusion: The Awakening of the US Navy

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-2107-1

OCLC:

1281586356