The U. S. Navy : A Concise History.

Cover -- The U.S. Navy: A Concise History -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: An Ad Hoc Navy: The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- British Naval Dominance -- Lake Champlain -- The Continental Navy -- John Paul Jones -- Privateers -- The French Navy -- Chapter 2: Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- The Barbary Threat -- The Quasi War -- The First Barbary War -- Jefferson and the Embargo -- The Gunboat Navy -- Chapter 3: An American Navy Confirmed: The War of 1812 -- The Road to War -- Early Campaigns -- The Frigate Duels -- Other Naval Operations -- Peace -- Chapter 4: A Constabulary Navy: Pirates, Slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Pirates -- The Slave Trade -- Exploring New Worlds -- Evolving Navy Culture -- Manifest Destiny and War with Mexico -- Chapter 5: Steam and Iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- A Technological Transformation -- The Anaconda Plan and the Naval Blockade -- The Clash of Ironclads -- Confederate Commerce Raiding -- The River War -- The Battle against the Shore -- Chapter 6: The Doldrums and the New Navy: (1865-1900) -- Retrenchment -- Straws in the Wind -- The New Navy -- A Splendid Little War -- Chapter 7: A Navy Second to None: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) -- The Great White Fleet -- The Panama Canal -- The U.S. Navy and World War I -- The Treaty Navy -- The Interwar Navy -- Chapter 8: The Two-Ocean Navy: The U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945) -- The Undeclared Naval War -- The Pacific, 1941-1943 -- The Mediterranean, 1943-1944 -- The Central Pacific Drive, 1943-1944 -- D-Day -- Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the End of the War -- Chapter 9: Confronting the Soviets: The Cold War Navy (1945-1975) -- Defense Unification and Deterrence -- The Korean War -- The Middle East -- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- The Vietnam War, 1965-1974.

U.S. Navy Culture -- Chapter 10: The U.S. Navy in the Twenty-first Century -- The End of the Cold War -- The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Pirates and Smugglers -- Navy Culture -- The U.S. Navy Today -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: ESTABLISHING AN AMERICAN NAVY -- CHAPTER 3: AN AMERICAN NAVY CONFIRMED -- CHAPTER 4: A CONSTABULARY NAVY -- CHAPTER 5: STEAM AND IRON -- CHAPTER 6: THE DOLDRUMS AND THE NEW NAVY -- CHAPTER 8: THE TWO-OCEAN NAVY -- CHAPTER 9: CONFRONTING THE SOVIETS -- CHAPTER 10: THE U.S. NAVY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- FURTHER READING -- GENERAL -- CHAPTER 1: AN AD HOC NAVY -- CHAPTER 2: ESTABLISHING AN AMERICAN NAVY -- CHAPTER 3: AN AMERICAN NAVY CONFIRMED -- CHAPTER 4: A CONSTABULARY NAVY -- CHAPTER 5: STEAM AND IRON -- CHAPTER 6: THE DOLDRUMS AND THE NEW NAVY -- CHAPTER 7: A NAVY SECOND TO NONE -- CHAPTER 8: THE TWO-OCEAN NAVY -- CHAPTER 9: CONFRONTING THE SOVIETS -- CHAPTER 10: THE U.S. NAVY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- INDEX.

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.

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