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Author:

Pedisich, Paul, author.

Title:

Congress buys a Navy : politics, economics, and the rise of American naval power, 1881-1921 / Paul Pedisich.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

United States.--Navy--History--19th century.
United States.--Navy--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy--Appropriations and expenditures.
United States.--Navy.
Civil-military relations--United States--History--20th century.
Shipbuilding--United States--History--19th century.
Shipbuilding--United States--History--20th century.
Sea-power--United States--History--19th century.
Sea-power--United States--History--20th century.
Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
Civil-military relations.
Sea-power.
Shipbuilding.
United States.
1800-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The first hundred years -- A beginning: 1881-1882 -- Politics versus progress: 1882-1883 -- Incubation: 1883-1885 -- Some movement: 1885-1889 -- A turning point: 1889-1893 -- Reasonable progress: 1893-1897 -- War and imperialism: 1897-1899 -- Reorganization and growth: 1899-1901 -- An offensive Navy: 1902-1905 -- Power projected: 1905-1909 -- Steady as she goes: 1909-1913 -- Neutrality: 1913-1915 -- Second to none: 1915-1921.

ISBN:

1682470776 (alk. paper)
9781682470770 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945951208

LCCN:

2016021662

Locations:

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