American Naval History by Symonds, Craig L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents List of illustrations Preface 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

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

3 An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812

The Road to War Early Campaigns The Frigate Duels Other Naval Operations Peace

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

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

6 The doldrums and the new navy (1865–1900)

Retrenchment Straws in the Wind The New Navy A Splendid Little War

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

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

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

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 Further reading Index