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The world cruise of the Great White Fleet : honoring 100 years of global partnerships and security / edited by Michael J. Crawford ; with a foreword by the Honorable Donald C. Winter.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force--Cruise, 1907-1909.
- United States.
- United States. Navy--History--20th century.
- United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force.
- United States. Navy.
- United States--History, Naval--20th century.
- Voyages around the world.
- United States--Foreign relations--1901-1909.
- National security--United States--History--20th century.
- National security.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- History.
- Naval history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 106 pages) : illustrations (some color), 1 map.
- Edition:
- U.S. Government official edition.
- Other Title:
- Honoring 100 years of global partnerships and security
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 2008.
- Summary:
- Under orders from President Theodore Roosevelt, sixteen battleships of the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet and their consorts made a peace-time circumnavigation of the globe, from December 1907 to February 1909. Text, illustrations, and captions tell the story of this fourteen-month world cruise.
- Contents:
- The ships / Robert J. Cressman
- The sailors / Michael J. Crawford
- Narrative / Mike McKinley
- Assessment / James R. Reckner
- The final word / Theodore Roosevelt on the achievement of the Great White Fleet.
- Notes:
- Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NHHC, viewed December 17, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: World cruise of the Great White Fleet.
- OCLC:
- 681480836
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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