Theodore Roosevelt, the U.S. Navy, and the Spanish-American War

by Marolda, Edward J.

• ISBN13: 9780312240233
• ISBN10: 0312240236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Theodore Roosevelt led the charge in the 1890s for the creation of a US fleet of modern, steel-hulled, heavily-armed warships. The future president and his intellectual soul mate, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, championed the theory of sea power to fuel America's emerging global expansion. The US victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898 vindicated these views. These essays chart the role of Roosevelt and the war in the origins of US sea power.

Author Biography

Edward J. Marolda is the Senior Historian of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, DC. His other publications include FDR and the U. S. Navy, Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War, and four books on the US Navy and the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Edward J. Marolda
Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy, and the War with Spain	1	(6)
Anna K. Nelson
New Interpretations of How the USS Maine Was Lost	7	(12)
Dana Wegner
The Spanish Navy and the Spanish-American War	19	(12)
Rear Admiral Miguel A. Fernandez
Army-Navy Joint Operations in the Spanish-American War	31	(8)
Graham A. Cosmas
Theodore Roosevelt and the Heritage of the U.S. Navy	39	(10)
John A. Gable
Roosevelt's Naval Thinking before Mahan	49	(12)
Lieutenant Commander Henry J. Hendrix II
The Experience of the Spanish-American War and Its Impact on Professional Naval Thought	61	(20)
John B. Hattendorf
The Influence of the Spanish-American War on the U.S. Marine Corps	81	(14)
Jack Shulimson
``The Men Behind the Guns'': The Impact of the War with Spain on the Navy Enlisted Force	95	(14)
James R. Reckner
Contributors	109	(2)
Index	111