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Author:

Mobley, Scott, author.

Title:

Progressives in Navy blue : maritime strategy, American empire, and the transformation of U.S. naval identity, 1873-1898 / Scott Mobley.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Navy--History--19th century.
Naval War College (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Naval strategy--History--19th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--19th century.
United States--Foreign relations--1865-1898.
National security--United States--History--19th century.
United States--History, Naval--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-384) and index.

Contents:

"Close hauled, port tack, all plain sail and steam": The culture of the quarterdeck -- "The fleet of to-morrow": Progress and professionalization in the postwar Navy -- "The ocean is a great chess-board": The strategical awakening -- "The essence of intelligence work": Strategy infiltrates the Office of Naval Intelligence -- "A real navy": The war Navy -- "To organize victory in advance": the Naval War College and the culture of strategy -- "The means to the end": The Navy's culture wars, 1887-97 -- "War cannot be made by rule of thumb": Strategic acculturation and practice in the Navy, 1894-97.

Summary:

"This study examines how intellectual and institutional developments transformed the U.S. Navy from 1873 to 1898. The agents of naval transformation embraced a progressive ideology. They viewed science, technology, and expertise as the best means to effect change in a world contorted by modernizing and globalizing trends. Two new cultures--Strategy and Mechanism--influenced the course of transformation."--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Studies in naval history and sea power

ISBN:

1682471934
9781682471937

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1005489112

LCCN:

2017058672

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)