Admirals of the New Steel Navy : Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1880-1930

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradford, James C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Admirals--United States--Biography.

Admirals--United States--History.

United States--History, Naval.

United States. Navy--Biography.

United States. Navy--History.

Local Subjects:

Admirals--United States--Biography.

Admirals--United States--History.

United States--History, Naval.

United States. Navy--Biography.

United States. Navy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Admirals of the New Steel Navy

Place of Publication:

Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.

Contents:

{ CONTENTS ]; Illustrations; Preface; Ackowledgments; Shapers of the New Navy; Stephen B. Luce: Intellectual Leader of the New Navy; Alfred Thayer Mahan: Christian Expansionist, Navalist, and Historian; Robley D. Evans: Master of Pugnacity; French Ensor Chadwick: Reformer, Historian, and Outcast; Bradley Allen Fiske: Inventor and Reformer in Uniform; Builders of the New Empire; Willian T. Sampson: Progressive Technologist as Naval Commander; Winfield Scott Schley: the Confident Commander; George Dewey: Admiral of the Navy; A Navy Second to None

Henry T. Mayo: Last of the Independent Naval DiplomatsWilliam Sowden Sims: the Victory Ashore; William Shepherd Benson: Naval General Staff American Style; Mark Lambert Bristol: Naval Diplomat Extraordinary of the Battleship Age; William A. Moffett: Steward of the Air Revlution; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781612512594

1612512593

OCLC:

831121226