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Sea power : a naval history / editor, E.B. Potter ; assistant editors, Roger Fredland, Henry H. Adams ; authors, Henry H. Adams [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, �1981.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0870216074
  • 9780870216077
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sea power.LOC classification:
  • D27 .S1
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A classic work covering over 2,000 years of naval history, from Greek and Roman galley warfare to Vietnam.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403) and index.

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.

A classic work covering over 2,000 years of naval history, from Greek and Roman galley warfare to Vietnam.

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