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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian W Toll |
| ISBN: | 0393058476 9780393058475 |
| OCLC Number: | 70291925 |
| Description: | xii, 560 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Notes on language and nautical terminology -- To provide and maintain -- To the shores of Tripoli -- England again -- Epilogue -- Chronology of later events: 1815-2005. |
| Responsibility: | Ian W. Toll. |
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Abstract:
From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy.
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- United States. -- Navy -- History -- 18th century.
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- United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Naval operations.
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