America, Sea Power, and the World

America, Sea Power, and the World

Bradford, James C.; Bradford, John F.

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

12/2022

496

Mole

Inglês

9781119772484

15 a 20 dias

666

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List of Contributors vii

List of Maps xiii

List of Figures xv

List of Vignettes xviii

Preface xx

Acknowledgments xxii

1. Sea Power and the Modern State System 1
James C. Bradford

2. The American War for Independence at Sea 11
Virginia W. Lunsford

3. Genesis of the US Navy, 1785-1806 25
Joseph P. Slaughter

4. The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807-1815 41
Gene Allen Smith

5. The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815-1890 57
John H. Schroeder

6. Technological Revolution at Sea 73
William M. McBride

7. The Civil War: Blockade and Counterblockade 86
Craig L. Symonds

8. The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters 101
Wayne Hsieh

9. The New Navy, 1865-1895 117
Frederick S. Harrod

10. War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895-1910 134
James C. Rentfrow

11. Defending Imperial Interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898-1941 150
Aaron B. O'Connell

12. Naval Rivalry and World War I at Sea, 1900-1920 165
Jon K. Hendrickson

13. Finding Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Navy in the Interwar Years 182
Craig C. Felker

14. World War II in the Atlantic 196
Marcus O. Jones

15. Assault on Occupied Europe 211
Stan Fisher

16. Defense in the Pacific, 1937-1943 230
Davin O'Hora

17. Offensive in the Pacific, 1943-1944 245
William F. Trimble

18. The Victory of Sea Power in the Pacific, 1944-1945 262
Edward J. Marolda

19. The Uneasy Transition, 1945-1953 279
Kenneth W. Estes

20. Cold War Challenges, 1953-1963 295
Lori L. Bogle

21. Defense Unification and Joint Operations 311
Scott Mobley

22. The Test of Vietnam 328
Richard A. Ruth

23. Toward a more Diverse Navy 344
Kristy N. Kamarck

24. Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, New Strategies, and Revival 358
Joseph T. Stanik

25. Contours of Conflict, 1990-2015 374
Ernest Tucker

26. Steaming Back into a Multipolar World 392
David F. Winkler

27. Quo Vadis? 409
Mark R. Hagerott

Further Reading 427

Index 437
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