The Pacific's New Navies : An Ocean, Its Wars, and the Making of US Sea Power / Thomas M. Jamison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jamison, Thomas M., author.

Series:

Military, war, and society in modern American history

Military, war, and society in modern American History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea-power--United States--History--19th century.

Sea-power.

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

United States.

United States--History, Naval.

United States--Military relations--Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Military relations--United States.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

The initial creation of the United States' ocean-going battlefleet - otherwise known as the 'New Navy' - was a result of the naval wars and arms races around the Pacific during the late-nineteenth century. Using a transnational methodology, Thomas Jamison spotlights how US Civil War-era innovations catalyzed naval development in the Pacific World, creating a sense that the US Navy was falling behind regional competitors. As the industrializing 'newly-made navies' of Chile, Peru, Japan, and China raced against each other, Pacific dynamism motivated investments in the US 'New Navy as a matter of security and civilizational prestige. In this provocative exploration into the making of modern US navalism, Jamison provides an analysis of competitive naval build-ups in the Pacific, of the interactions between peoples, ideas, and practices within it, and ultimately the emergence of the US as a major power

Contents:

The Confederate "Navy to Construct"

The Pacific's Civil War Inheritance

Pacific Naval Races and the Old Steam Navy

Pacific Wars and Their Lessons

The Californian Case for a New Navy

The U.S. New Navy Wins a Race-Finally

The Sino-Japanese War and New "Yankees" in the Pacific

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009559690

1009559699

9781009559720

1009559729

9781009559706

1009559702