Progressives in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898

by Scott Mobley

This study examines how intellectual and institutional developments transformed the U.S. Navy from 1873 to 1898. The period was a dynamic quarter-century in which Americans witnessed their Navy evolve. Cultures of progress-clusters of ideas, beliefs, values, and practices pertaining to modern warfare and technology-guided the Navy's transformation. The agents of naval transformation embraced a progressive ideology. They viewed science, technology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682471934
• ISBN13: 9781682471937
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"