The American Naval Heritage

by Coletta, Paolo E.

• ISBN13: 9780761808060
• ISBN10: 076180806X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-06
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

U.S. naval history should not be studied merely as a record of battles lost and won but as a part of a nation's exercise of power. In this work, major events are fleshed out with relevant material from such areas as military power, economic warfare, diplomacy, and propaganda. The reader can thus gain an appreciation of the influence of sea power as one of the agencies that nations use in conducting their international relations. The book offers examples of how naval officers gained control of the seas as armaments evolved. The influence of sea power upon history is stressed along with emphasis on strategic decision-making, the characteristics of successful leadership, and the evolution of naval weapons, tactics, amphibious doctrine, and administration.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii	(2)
List of charts and maps	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii
Chapter 1 Concepts and Definitions	1	(4)
Chapter 2 A Century of Wars, 1689-1763	5	(10)
Chapter 3 Sea Power in the War of the American Revolution	15	(10)
Chapter 4 A Chip on the European War Table, 1783-1815	25	(22)
Chapter 5 The U.S. Navy at Peace and War, 1815-1861	47	(26)
Chapter 6 Naval Power in the American Civil War, 1861-1865	73	(22)
Chapter 7 The Post-Civil War Denoument and the Rise of the New Navy, 1865-1898	95	(10)
Chapter 8 The Spanish-American War	105	(16)
Chapter 9 The U.S. Navy Comes of Age, 1898-1914	121	(14)
Chapter 10 Naval Power and the World War, 1914-1917	135	(14)
Chapter 11 The U.S. Navy in World War I, 1917-1919	149	(18)
Chapter 12 Naval Disarmament and Rearmament, 1918-1941	167	(18)
Chapter 13 The Coming of World War II	185	(8)
Chapter 14 World War II in European Waters	193