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America Spreads Her Sails: U.S. Seapower in the 19th Century
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Description for America Spreads Her Sails: U.S. Seapower in the 19th Century
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
In this new paperback edition of America Spreads Her Sails, fourteen writers and historians demonstrate how American men and goods in American-made ships moved out over Alfred Thayer Mahan's ""broad common,"" the sea, to extend the country's commerce, power, political influence, and culture. Capt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Lt. John ""Mad Jack"" Percival, and Comm. Matthew Calbraith Perry are among some of the colorful names that many will recognize. They are all gone now, these strong men and their stout ships, who carried their country's colors up to the Northern Lights, down to the Antarctic's stillness, over the cutting coral, ... Read more
In this new paperback edition of America Spreads Her Sails, fourteen writers and historians demonstrate how American men and goods in American-made ships moved out over Alfred Thayer Mahan's ""broad common,"" the sea, to extend the country's commerce, power, political influence, and culture. Capt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Lt. John ""Mad Jack"" Percival, and Comm. Matthew Calbraith Perry are among some of the colorful names that many will recognize. They are all gone now, these strong men and their stout ships, who carried their country's colors up to the Northern Lights, down to the Antarctic's stillness, over the cutting coral, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591142126
SKU
V9781591142126
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Ref
99-3
About
Clayton R. Barrow, Jr. USMC (Ret.) passed away in 1997. He was a former employee of the U.S. Naval Institute for twenty-five years, where he served as editor in chief for Proceedings magazine.
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