"... third in a series of volumes that bring together scholarly writings originally published in a variety of specialized journals and other publications... It includes papers originally appearing in the years 2010-20. The earlier volumes are Naval History and Maritime Strategy: Collected Essays (2000), and Talking about Naval History: A Collection of Essays (2011)"--Foreword. In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Shipping list no.: 2024-0002-P. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Carnes Lord -- Introduction -- Part 1: Maritime History and the Historical Perspective. Ubi sumus? Twenty-five years later -- The maritime book in the English-speaking world, 1528-1850 -- Changing American perceptions of the Royal Navy since 1775 -- Commonwealth navies as seen by the U.S. Navy, 1910-2010 -- "Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked": the influence of sea power, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the U.S. Naval War College -- Part 2: Early Modern Europe. Navies and naval operations, 1400-1815 -- Competing navies: Anglo-Dutch naval rivalry, 1652-1688 -- North America as a theater of conflict and imperial competition during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1713 -- The Peace of Utrecht in world history -- British policy toward Sweden, Charles XII, and the Great Northern War, 1697-1721 -- Admiral of the Fleet James, First Baron Gambier, GCB -- Part 3: The New Republic. George Washington's navy -- Debating the purpose of a navy in a new republic: the United States of America, 1775-1815 -- The naval War of 1812 in international perspective -- The Royal Navy and economic warfare on the United States during the War of 1812 -- Part 4. The World Wars. The strategic roles of navies during World War I -- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson and the U.S. Navy in France, 1917-1919 -- The U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean during World War I and its immediate aftermath, 1917-1923 -- Aircraft carrier naval aviation and the changing character of naval battle during the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945 -- Part 5: Maritime History of, at, and near Newport, Rhode Island. The Brenton family of Newport -- The eighty-gun ship of the line Duc de Bourgogne -- A new model of the steam frigate USS Minnesota, ca. 1877-1881 -- Here's for a Coriolis effect in maritime history -- The Naval War College and Fleet Admiral Nimitz's "Graybook" -- The decision to close Rhode Island bases in 1973 -- Part 6: Naval Theory. The idea of a "fleet in being" in historical perspective -- The quest to understand naval leadership: educating admirals for high command in the U.S. Navy -- The idea of maritime and coastal space in U.S. naval thinking since 1970 -- Statesmen and sea power: reflections on aspects of Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond's thinking -- Naval power and the multidimensional roles of the armed forces -- Appendix: Bibliography of books and articles by John B. Hattendorf, 2015-2023.
Summary:
"This volume contains 30 essays written between 2010 and 2020 that represent a broad historical perspective ranging across six centuries of maritime history"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 30
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