Sea power and the American interest : from the Civil War to the Great War / John F. Morton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, John F., 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

Sea-power--United States--History.

Sea-power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book by John Fass Morton explores the role of sea power in shaping American interests from the Civil War to the Great War. It examines the development of the U.S. Navy and its impact on national and international policies. The author discusses the emergence of an industrial America, the role of railroads and steel in national expansion, and the strategic importance of the Navy in securing American economic interests, particularly in Latin America and China. The book also addresses the influence of financial and political ideologies on naval policy and the transition towards a more formidable naval presence in the early 20th century. It is intended for readers interested in American history, naval strategy, and international relations. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Introduction. Setting the Course

Part I. An Industrial Republic in Pursuit of Expansion and Sea Power

Chapter 1. The Wartime Arrival of National Systems: Railroads, Communications, and Banking

The Antebellum Navy Charts a Course for Informal Empire

Steel Becomes the Sinew for Rail and Sea Power

The Hemispheric American System: From Railroad Development to Financial Protectorates

Investment Empire: The Emerging American Interest

The Promise of an American Pacific System

The American Interest in China: Beneficent, but Premature

Part II. The Navy and the Progressive Institutions of the American Century

Progressive Institutionalization of the Financial Element of National Power

Progressivism: The Pragmatic Ideology of the Industrial Republic

The Arrival of America's Oil Sinews and the Petroleum Interest

The Navy and the Pacific Fuel

Mexican Oil Becomes a Major Security Interest

From Respectable Defense to Preparedness for War: Toward a Peacetime Standing Army

In Search of a Twentieth-Century U.S. Naval Policy

A General Policy of National Defense

Part III. Internecine European War and the Arrival of America's Navy Second to None

The American Interest on the Eve of the Great War

British Commerce Warfare Co-opts American Neutrality

The Naval Policy Shortcoming: The U.S. Merchant Marine Sea Power Disconnect

The Progressive Embrace of Sea Power

Progressive Adoption of a Navy Second to None

Epilogue. Ex Scientia Tridens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781682479124

1682479129

OCLC:

1425813076