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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811631003321

Autore

Berube Claude G. <1966->

Titolo

On wide seas : the US Navy in the Jacksonian era / / Claude Berube

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8173-2107-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Collana

Maritime currents: history and archaeology

Disciplina

359.0097309034

Soggetti

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

United States Politics and government 1829-1837

United States History, Naval 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction: A Journey toward Maritime Destiny -- One. Naval Inheritance -- Two. The Intellectual Awakening of the Navy-A Republic of Ideas -- Three. Governing the Navy -- Four. Force Structure and Modernization -- Five. Maritime Destiny-A Global Strategy and Naval Operations -- Six. An Actualized Naval Culture -- Conclusion: The Awakening of the US Navy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"A detailed account of how the US Navy modernized itself between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, through strategic approaches to its personnel, operations, technologies, and policies, among them an emerging officer corps, which sought to professionalize its own ranks, modernize the platforms on which it sailed, and define its own role within national affairs and in the broader global maritime commons"--