Reflections on naval history : collected essays / John B. Hattendorf, Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History, Naval War College.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hattendorf, John B., author.

Contributor:

Naval War College (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 30.

Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval history.

Naval art and science.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newport : Naval War College Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This volume contains 30 essays written between 2010 and 2020 that represent a broad historical perspective ranging across six centuries of maritime history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: Maritime History and the Historical Perspective. Ubi sumus? Twenty-five years later ; The maritime book in the English-speaking world, 1528-1850 ; Changing American perceptions of the Royal Navy since 1775 ; Commonwealth navies as seen by the U.S. Navy, 1910-2010 ; "Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked": the influence of sea power, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the U.S. Naval War College

Part 2: Early Modern Europe. Navies and naval operations, 1400-1815 ; Competing navies: Anglo-Dutch naval rivalry, 1652-1688 ; North America as a theater of conflict and imperial competition during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1713 ; The Peace of Utrecht in world history ; British policy toward Sweden, Charles XII, and the Great Northern War, 1697-1721 ; Admiral of the Fleet James, First Baron Gambier, GCB

^Part 3: The New Republic. George Washington's navy ; Debating the purpose of a navy in a new republic: the United States of America, 1775-1815 ; The naval War of 1812 in international perspective ; The Royal Navy and economic warfare on the United States during the War of 1812

Part 4. The World Wars. The strategic roles of navies during World War I ; Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson and the U.S. Navy in France, 1917-1919 ; The U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean during World War I and its immediate aftermath, 1917-1923 ; Aircraft carrier naval aviation and the changing character of naval battle during the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945

^Part 5: Maritime History of, at, and near Newport, Rhode Island. The Brenton family of Newport ; The eighty-gun ship of the line Duc de Bourgogne ; A new model of the steam frigate USS Minnesota, ca. 1877-1881 ; Here's for a Coriolis effect in maritime history ; The Naval War College and Fleet Admiral Nimitz's "Graybook" ; The decision to close Rhode Island bases in 1973

Part 6: Naval Theory. The idea of a "fleet in being" in historical perspective ; The quest to understand naval leadership: educating admirals for high command in the U.S. Navy ; The idea of maritime and coastal space in U.S. naval thinking since 1970 ; Statesmen and sea power: reflections on aspects of Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond's thinking ; Naval power and the multidimensional roles of the armed forces ; Appendix: Bibliography of books and articles by John B. Hattendorf, 2015-2023.

Notes:

"... third in a series of volumes that bring together scholarly writings originally published in a variety of specialized journals and other publications... It includes papers originally appearing in the years 2010-20. The earlier volumes are Naval History and Maritime Strategy: Collected Essays (2000), and Talking about Naval History: A Collection of Essays (2011)"--Foreword.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I); Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) distribution status to be determined upon publication.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.

ISBN:

9781935352815

1935352814

OCLC:

1378066608