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The U.S. Navy: A Concise History
Craig L. Symonds
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Description for The U.S. Navy: A Concise History
Hardcover. This brisk narrative charts the history of the United States Navy from its birth during the American Revolution through its emergence as a global power amid the world wars of the twentieth century and finally to its current role as a superpower in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. .
This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British in the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima. The book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the U.S. Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds ... Read more
This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British in the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima. The book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the U.S. Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199394944
SKU
V9780199394944
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Ref
99-99
About Craig L. Symonds
Craig L. Symonds is the Professor Emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the author of ten previous books, including The Battle of Midway, The Civil War at Sea, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, and Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History, which won the Theodore and Franklin D. ... Read more
Reviews for The U.S. Navy: A Concise History
The general reader will be grateful for Craig L Symonds' account of the US Navy, for he has successfully distilled nearly 250 years of history into a book of 116 highly readable pages.
Jules Stewart, Military History01/04/2016
His (Symonds) book is attractive in appearance and pleasurable to read
Jonathan Dull, International Journal of Maritime History
Jules Stewart, Military History01/04/2016
His (Symonds) book is attractive in appearance and pleasurable to read
Jonathan Dull, International Journal of Maritime History