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American Naval History, 1607-1865 : Overcoming the Colonial Legacy.

Author: Jonathan R Dull
Publisher: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2012.
Series: Studies in war, society, and the military.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. A wide-ranging yet concise  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Naval history
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Dull, Jonathan R.
American Naval History, 1607-1865 : Overcoming the Colonial Legacy.
Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2012
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Jonathan R Dull
ISBN: 9780803244719 0803244711
OCLC Number: 818817950
Description: 1 online resource (212 pages).
Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 The American Colonies and theBritish Navy, 1607-1775; 2 The War against Britain, 1775-1783; 3 A New Navy Fights France and theBarbary States, 1783-1805; 4 A Precarious Neutrality Ends in a SecondWar against Britain, 1805-1815; 5 Trade Protection and War with Mexico,1815-1861; 6 The Civil War, 1861-1865; Illustration; 7 Epilogue; Notes and Suggested Further Reading; Index.
Series Title: Studies in war, society, and the military.

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