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The Navy
To mark the 225th anniversary of the United States Navy, documents the ships and weaponry, campaigns, accomplishments, and people who have played a key role in its evolution and describes its present organization, mission, and life.
Record details
- ISBN: 0883631008
- ISBN: 9780883631003
- ISBN: 0883633329
- ISBN: 9780883633328
- Physical Description: 352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 38 cm
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Naval Historical Foundation ; ©2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-346) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface / Rear Admiral W.J. Holland, Jr. USN (Ret.) -- The prerogative of sea powers / Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN -- 1775-1865. We have met the enemy and they are ours: 1775-1815 / William M. Fowler, Jr. -- Whose flag has displayed in distant climes: 1816-1860 / Michael J. Crawford -- Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!: The Civil War / Craig L. Symonds -- 1865-1941. You may fire when ready, Gridley: 1865-1922 / James C. Bradley -- A navy second to none: 1922-1941 / Thomas C. Hone -- 1941-1945. Winning a two-ocean war: 1941-1945 / Paul Stillwell -- 1945-1991. Cold War to violent peace: 1945-1991 / Edward J. Marolda -- The fleet today. Today's fleet: forward from the sea / Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, USN (Ret.) -- Surface action starboard! / Captain Bruce R. Linder, USN (Ret.) -- Two block foxtrot!: U.S. Carrier Aviation / Captain Rosario Rausa, USNR (Ret.) -- Dive! Dive!: submarines in the new world order / Captain James H. Patton, USN (Ret.) -- Land and landing force!: amphibious assault at the turn of the millennium / Captain George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.) -- Mare nostrum: ocean surveillance, maritime patrol and intelligence / Captain Andrew C.A. Jampoler, USN (Ret.) -- Weapons that wait: mine warfare in the 21st century / Rear Admiral Charles F. Horne III, USN (Ret.) -- Stealth from the sea / Rear Admiral George R. Worthington, USN (Ret.) -- The support cast: doctors, lawyers, and storekeeper chiefs / Captain John Edward Jackson, Supply Corps, USN (Ret.) -- The heritage. Partakers of the glory: customs and traditions / Vice Admiral William P. Mack, USN (Ret.) -- Lest we forget: museums and memorials / Rear Admiral Henry C. McKinney, USN (Ret.). |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Naval Historical Foundation. |
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| Subject: | n-us--- United States. Navy History United States. Navy. United States History, Naval United States |
| Genre: | Illustrated works. History. Naval history. Illustrated works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 359 NAV (Text) | 000149051 | Nonfiction | Available | - |