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The gold standard in college-level American naval history texts, edited by the foremost scholar in the field
In the newly revised second edition of America, Sea Power and the World, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an extensive and authoritative survey of American naval history, the place of the United States in world affairs, and the role of that country’s naval forces during peacetime and wartime.
Each chapter contains a comprehensive analysis of its subject as well as brief sidebars describing a key weapon or technological development of the era and a short biographical sketch of an influential leader or representative of the navy from that era. The book offers extensive illustration and maps and a throughgoing emphasis on naval policy, strategy, roles, and missions, with careful attention paid to naval operations. These factors given greater focus than the descriptions of battle tactics found in other texts.
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Perfect for undergraduate students taking courses on the naval history of the United States, America, Sea Power and the World, Second Edition will also earn a place in the libraries of members of the general public interested in naval and military history.
James C. Bradford is Professor Emeritus of Naval and Early American History at Texas A&M University. He is the author of the International Encyclopedia of Military History, Command Under Sail: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, and A Companion to American Military History.
John F. Bradford is a Senior Fellow in the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. He retired from the US Navy with the rank of Commander. He is co-author of the forthcoming Maritime Security: A Primer and co-editor of the forthcoming Maritime Cooperation and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Essays in Honour of Sam Bateman.
List of Contributors
List of Maps
List of Figures
List of Sidebar Vignettes
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Sea Power and the Modern State System
James C. Bradford
2 The American War for Independence at Sea
Virginia W. Lunsford
3 Genesis of the US Navy, 1785–1806
Joseph P. Slaughter
4 The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807–1815
Gene Allen Smith
5 The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815–1890
John H. Schroeder
6 Technological Revolution at Sea
William M. McBride
7 The Civil War: Blockade and Counter-Blockade
Craig L. Symonds
8 The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters
Wayne Hsieh
9 The New Navy, 1865–1895
Frederick S. Harrod
10 War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895–1910
James C. Rentfrow
11 Defending Imperial Interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898–1941
Aaron B. O’Connell
12 Naval Rivalry and World War I at Sea, 1900–1920
Jon K. Hendrickson
13 Finding Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Navy in the Interwar Years
Craig C. Felker
14 World War II in the Atlantic
Marcus O. Jones
15 Assault on Occupied Europe
Stan Fisher
16 Defense in the Pacific, 1937–1943
Davin O’Hora
17 Offensive in the Pacific, 1943–1944
William F. Trimble
18 The Victory of Sea Power in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Edward J. Marolda
19 The Uneasy Transition, 1945–1953
Kenneth W. Estes
20 Cold War Challenges, 1953–1963
Lori L. Bogle
21 Defense Unification and Joint Operations
Scott Mobley
22 The Test of Vietnam
Richard A. Ruth
23 Toward a More Diversified Navy
Kristy Kamarck
24 Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, New Strategies, and Revival
Joseph T. Stanik
25 Contours of Conflict: Worldwide War on Terrorism, 1990–2015
Ernest Tucker
26 Steaming Back into a Multi-Polar World
David F. Winkler
27 “Quo Vadis?”
Mark R. Hagerott
Further Reading
Index
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