a naval history Potter, E. B. (Elmer Belmont) 1908- Fredland, Roger. Adams, Henry Hitch 1917-2002 text bibliography mdu Annapolis, Md Naval Institute Press �1981 1981 2nd ed. monographic eng

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vii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm A classic work covering over 2,000 years of naval history, from Greek and Roman galley warfare to Vietnam. The age of galley warfare -- The rise of English sea power -- The Seven Years' War -- The War of the American Revolution, I -- The War of the American Revolution, II -- The War of the French Revolution -- Nelson and Bonaparte -- The war of the French empire -- The beginnings of the United States Navy -- The War of 1812 -- Navies in transition, 1815-1860 -- The American Civil War: the blockade and the cruisers -- The War in the West -- Closing the Confederate ports -- Naval developments in the late nineteenth century -- The rise of Japanese naval power -- The Spanish-American War -- The rise of American naval power -- World War I: surface operations -- The campaign for Constantinople -- The war against shipping -- Disarmament and rearmament -- World War II: the German-Italian offensive -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- The defeat of Italy and Germany -- The Japanese offensive -- Beginning of the Allied counteroffensive -- The dual advance -- Submarines in the Pacific War -- The defeat of Japan -- The beginning of the Cold War -- Implementing the U.S. policy of containment -- New weapons, new challenges. editor, E.B. Potter ; assistant editors, Roger Fredland, Henry H. Adams ; authors, Henry H. Adams [and others]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403) and index. Naval history Sea-power D27 .S1 Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, �1981 2nd ed. (OCoLC)652360047 0870216074 9780870216077 81081668 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/81081668-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/81081668-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/81081668-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/81081668-d.html 811105 20250502073645.0 ocm07977308 eng