Millions for Defense: The Subscription Warships of 1798

by Frederick C. Leiner

Book Overview

The title of this book comes from a toast popular with Americans in the late 1790s - "millions for defense, not a cent for tribute." Americans were incensed by demands for bribes from French diplomats... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155750508X
• ISBN13: 9781557505088
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"