America, Sea Power, and the World.

Intro -- America, Sea Power, and the World -- Contents -- Contributors -- Maps -- Figures -- Tables -- Vignettes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Sea Power and the Modern State System -- Sea Power in the Ancient World -- The Modern World and the Great Power System -- Competition for Empire -- Anglo-Dutch Wars -- Development of Modern Navies -- War of the Grand Alliance (1688-1697) -- Privateering -- War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 -- Sailing Warships -- Wars of the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- Chapter 2 The American War for Independence at Sea -- Royal Navy Operations to 1778 -- America's Naval Response -- Washington's Navy -- Battle of Valcour Island -- State Navies -- Privateers -- The Continental Navy -- The French Alliance -- The Continental Navy and Guerre de Course -- Changes in Strategy, 1778-1780 -- The Yorktown Campaign -- The End of the War -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Genesis of the US Navy, 1785-1806 -- Commerce Navy, 1794-1796: The Humphreys Frigates -- Regional Navy, 1797-1800: The Quasi-War -- Commerce Navy, 1801-1805: The Tripolitan War -- Coastal Navy, 1806-1812 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807-1815 -- Plight of a Neutral -- Path to War -- 1812: Strategy and Opening Operations -- 1813: The Naval War Expands -- 1814: Tragedy and Triumph -- War in the Southwest -- Rhetoric and Reality -- Chapter 5 The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815-1890 -- Distant Stations -- Andrew Jackson, Navalist -- China and the East India Squadron -- Reform and Exploration -- War with Mexico -- Matthew Fontaine Maury -- The "Opening" of Japan -- Late Nineteenth-Century Naval Retrenchment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Technological Revolution at Sea -- Technology in the Early Navy -- Technology in the "Old Navy" -- Technology in the "New Navy" -- Armor and Metallurgy.

Naval Ordnance -- Technology in the Early Battleship Period -- "The Americans Are Very Clever" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Civil War: Blockade and Counter-Blockade -- War Aims and Strategy -- Union Blockade -- Port Royal -- Blockade Duty -- Running the Blockade -- New Technology -- Confederate Raiders -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters -- Piercing the Northwest Barrier -- New Orleans -- The Peninsula Campaign -- Mississippi River Operations -- Conjunct Operations, 1863-1865 -- Closing Confederate Ports -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The New Navy, 1865-1895 -- Return to Peacetime Missions -- Professional Development -- Rebuilding the Navy -- Alfred Thayer Mahan and a New Strategy -- The New Navy and America's Role in the World -- Publicizing the New Navy -- Personnel -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895-1910 -- Revolution in Naval Affairs -- Revolution in American Foreign Affairs -- Spanish-American-Philippine-Cuban War of 1898 -- New Responsibilities for the Navy -- Reform in the New Steel Navy: Organization and Tactics -- Voyage of the Great White Fleet (1907-1909) -- HMS Dreadnought (1906) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Defending Imperial Interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898-1941 -- The Philippine-American War and Cuban Occupations -- The Panama Canal and the American Lake -- The Marines in China, 1900-1941 -- Legacies of the "Banana Wars" -- Chapter 12 Naval Rivalry and World War I at Sea, 1900-1920 -- Naval Races -- Theodore Roosevelt and Naval Expansion -- William Taft and Naval Reform -- Woodrow Wilson and a Navy Second to None -- World War I -- The War against Shipping -- Naval Aviation -- Marines on the Western Front -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Finding Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Navy in the Interwar Years -- The Washington Naval Conference.

Naval Aviation -- War Planning -- Amphibious Warfare -- Interwar Problems and Weaknesses -- War Clouds Gather -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean -- Allied and German Strategy -- The U-boat Ascendant -- War in American Waters -- Invasion of North Africa -- Allied Ascendancy in the Atlantic, 1943 -- Invasion of Italy -- Victory in the Atlantic -- Invasion of France -- The Final Year -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15 Defense in the Pacific, 1937-1943 -- The Road to War -- US Response -- Japanese Strategy -- US Counterstrategy -- Pearl Harbor -- Japanese Advance Southward -- US Reaction -- Battle of the Coral Sea -- Battle of Midway -- The Guadalcanal Campaign -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16 Offensive in the Pacific, 1943-1944 -- Gilbert Islands Campaign -- Solomon Islands Campaign -- The Marshall Islands Campaign -- The Mariana Islands Campaign -- Leyte Gulf and the Philippines -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17 The Victory of Sea Power in the Pacific -- Luzon -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa -- Japan Isolated and Under Siege -- Assault on Japan from the Air and Sea -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18 The Uneasy Transition, 1945-1953 -- The Postwar Navy and Marine Corps -- The US Defense Establishment -- New Strategies, Doctrine, and Weapons -- Social Progress -- New Strategic Shocks, 1949-1950 -- War in Korea, 1950-1953 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 19 Cold War Challenges, 1953-1963 -- Eisenhower Brinkmanship -- "New Look" Military Policy -- Technological Revolution -- Eisenhower Doctrine -- Taiwan Straits Crisis -- The Nuclear Balance -- Mediterranean Crises -- John F. Kennedy Takes the Helm -- Kennedy and Flexible Response -- Bay of Pigs -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Chapter 20 The Test of Vietnam -- Origins of War -- Advisory Period -- The Gulf of Tonkin Incident -- Multiple Strategies -- Operation Market Time -- The Air War -- Game Warden.

Mobile Riverine Force -- SEALORDS -- Khe Sanh -- Tet Offensive -- Vietnamization -- Conclusion -- Chapter 21 Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, Reform, and Revival -- Vietnam's Impact on the US Navy and the Rise of the Soviet Navy -- Z-Grams: Zumwalt's Reforms -- The Rickover Effect and the Advent of the Surface Warfare Community -- President Carter and the SLOC Strategy -- Crises in Iran and Afghanistan -- Reagan, Lehman, and the 600-Ship Navy -- Debate over the Maritime Strategy -- Global Operations under Reagan -- The End of the Cold War -- Chapter 22 Contours of Conflict: Worldwide War on Terrorism, 1990-2015 -- Gulf War I (1990-1991) -- Operation Provide Comfort -- Operations Provide Comfort II, Southern Watch, and Northern Watch -- Operation Desert Fox -- Maritime Interdiction Operations in the 1990s -- Return of the "Small Wars" -- A New Era for Women in the Naval Service -- "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the Navy and Marine Corps -- The New Global Military Threat of Religious Extremism in the 1990s -- Attack on the USS Cole -- The Navy and Marine Corps in Operation Enduring Freedom -- Operation "Iraqi Freedom" -- Marines in the Al-Anbar Campaign (2004-2010) -- Naval Forces at Sea and Ashore -- "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower" (2007) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 23 Quo Vadis? -- Recurring Patterns of Missions and Trends of Technological Change -- A Future of Continuity and Change -- Middle East -- South China Sea and East China Sea -- Future US Navy Operations -- Confronting a Peer Competitor -- Technology in a Future War at Sea -- Alternative Future: A Robotic Battlefield? -- Alternative Future: The Rise of Electromagnetic-Cyber Warfare -- Some Speculations: Discontinuous Change and the Future of Sea Power -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Index -- EULA.

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