America, Sea Power, and the World, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781119772484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 448 str.

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List of Contributors viiList of Maps xiiiList of Figures xvList of Vignettes xviiiPreface xxAcknowledgments xxii1. Sea Power and the Modern State System 1James C. Bradford2. The American War for Independence at Sea 11Virginia W. Lunsford3. Genesis of the US Navy, 1785-1806 25Joseph P. Slaughter4. The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807-1815 41Gene Allen Smith5. The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815-1890 57John H. Schroeder6. Technological Revolution at Sea 73William M. McBride7. The Civil War: Blockade and Counterblockade 86Craig L. Symonds8. The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters 101Wayne Hsieh9. The New Navy, 1865-1895 117Frederick S. Harrod10. War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895-1910 134James C. Rentfrow11. Defending Imperial Interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898-1941 150Aaron B. O'Connell12. Naval Rivalry and World War I at Sea, 1900-1920 165Jon K. Hendrickson13. Finding Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Navy in the Interwar Years 182Craig C. Felker14. World War II in the Atlantic 196Marcus O. Jones15. Assault on Occupied Europe 211Stan Fisher16. Defense in the Pacific, 1937-1943 230Davin O'Hora17. Offensive in the Pacific, 1943-1944 245William F. Trimble18. The Victory of Sea Power in the Pacific, 1944-1945 262Edward J. Marolda19. The Uneasy Transition, 1945-1953 279Kenneth W. Estes20. Cold War Challenges, 1953-1963 295Lori L. Bogle21. Defense Unification and Joint Operations 311Scott Mobley22. The Test of Vietnam 328Richard A. Ruth23. Toward a more Diverse Navy 344Kristy N. Kamarck24. Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, New Strategies, and Revival 358Joseph T. Stanik25. Contours of Conflict, 1990-2015 374Ernest Tucker26. Steaming Back into a Multipolar World 392David F. Winkler27. Quo Vadis? 409Mark R. HagerottFurther Reading 427Index 437

O autorze

James C. Bradford is Professor Emeritus of Naval and Early American History at Texas A&M University. He is the editor of the International Encyclopedia of Military History, Command Under Sail: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, and A Companion to American Military History.John F. Bradford is Senior Fellow in the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. He retired from the US Navy with the rank of Commander. He is co-editor of Maritime Cooperation and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Essays in Honour of Sam Bateman and has authored dozens of articles on maritime security and naval affairs.