American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy

by Jonathan R. Dull

Book Overview

For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped in port by the end of the War of 1812. How this meager presence became the major naval power it remains to this day is the subject of American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy . A wide-ranging yet concise survey of the U.S. Navy from the colonial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080324052X
• ISBN13: 9780803240520
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"