The rise of American : 1776-1918 / by Harold & Margaret Sprout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprout, Harold, 1901-1980, author.

Sprout, Margaret, author.

Contributor:

Universal International Films, inc. [from old catalog]

Gold Coast Productions. [from old catalog]

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1966.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Authors' Introduction to the 1966 Edition

Contents

I. Chart and Compass

II. Sea Power and American Independence (1776-1783)

III. Independence Without Sea Power (1783-1789)

IV. Federalist Policy: Naval Expansion and Cruiser Warfare (1789-1801)

V. Jeffersonian Policy: Retrenchment and Passive Coast Defense (1801-1812)

VI. Strategic Lessons of the War of 1812 (1812-1815)

VII. The Neglected Lessons of 1812 (1815-1837)

VIII. From Sails to Steam: The First Phase (1837-1845)

IX. Naval Policy, Manifest Destiny, and Slave Politics (1845-1861)

X. The Civil War: Strategic Lessons and Technical Progress (1861-1865)

XI. Last Tears of the Old Navy (1865-1881)

XII. Beginnings of the New Navy (1881-1889)

XIII. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Sea Power and the New Manifest Destiny (1889-1897)

XIV. Mahan Vindicated: The War with Spain (1897-1901)

XV. Mahan Triumphant: The Naval Policy of Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

XVI. Rooseveltian Policy Without Roosevelt (1909-1913)

XVII. Politics and Policy on the Eve of the Great War (1913-1914)

XVIII. Europe at War: Neutrality and Preparedness (1914-1917)

XIX. America at War: Strategic Lessons and Political Consequences (1917-1918)

XX. The Log Reviewed

Motes on Methods and Materials

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780691650333

0691650330

9781400878833

1400878837

OCLC:

966885160