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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Struggle for Independence
Esek Hopkins: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy
John Paul Jones: Honor and Professionalism
John Barry: A Most Fervent Patriot
Baptism by Fire
Edward Preble and the “Boys”: The Officer Corps of 1812 Revisited
William S. Bainbridge: Bad Luck or Fatal Flaw?
Oliver Hazard Perry: Savior of the Northwest
Thomas Macdonough: Architect of a Wilderness Navy
Distant Stations
David Porter: Pacific Ocean Gadfly
Stephen Decatur: Heroic Ideal of the Young Navy
John Rodgers: The Stalwart Conservative
The Twilight of the Sailing Navy
Isaac Hull: Commander in Transition
Robert F. Stockton: Naval Officer and Reformer
Bibliography
Notes on Authors
Index
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