02493nam 2200517 450 991079576340332120230119210325.00-8173-2107-1(CKB)5600000000015165(MiAaPQ)EBC28811152(Au-PeEL)EBL28811152(OCoLC)1281586356(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94570(EXLCZ)99560000000001516520230119d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn wide seas the US Navy in the Jacksonian era /Claude Berube1st ed.Tuscaloosa :The University of Alabama Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (249 pages)Maritime currents: history and archaeology0-8173-9377-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Maritime currents.US Navy in the Jacksonian eraUnited States Navy in the Jacksonian eraInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)United StatesPolitics and government1829-1837United StatesHistory, Naval19th centuryInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)359.0097309034Berube Claude G.1966-1202932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795763403321On wide seas3808678UNINA