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Author:

Ostrom, Thomas P.

Title:

The United States Coast Guard, 1790 to the present : a history / Thomas P. Ostrom.

Publisher:

Red Anvil Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Coast Guard--History.

Contents:

The U.S. Revenue Marine and Life Saving Services (1790-1915) -- In war and peace (1790-1850): The War of 1812; The Seminole Wars; The Mexican War -- U.S. Revenue Cutter Service in war and peace (1850-1915): The Civil War and the Spanish American War -- The U.S. Coast Guard in World War I -- In prohibition and depression -- in World War II -- In the Cold War -- In the Vietnam era -- After Vietnam -- In the 19902 -- The War on Terrorism -- Coast Guard careers.

ISBN:

9781932762150 (pbk.)
1932762159 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56621870

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)