02650nam 2200589Ia 450 991082582700332120230120064851.01-283-68775-50-8032-4471-1(CKB)2670000000275797(EBL)1043702(OCoLC)818817950(SSID)ssj0000755013(PQKBManifestationID)11463293(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755013(PQKBWorkID)10727196(PQKB)10540743(MiAaPQ)EBC1043702(OCoLC)813930635(MdBmJHUP)muse19595(Au-PeEL)EBL1043702(CaPaEBR)ebr10614081(CaONFJC)MIL400025(MiAaPQ)EBC4013036(EXLCZ)99267000000027579720120709d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican naval history, 1607-1865 overcoming the colonial legacy /Jonathan R. DullLincoln, NB University of Nebraska Pressc20121 online resource (212 p.)Studies in war, society, and the militaryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-4052-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The American colonies and the British Navy, 1607-1775 -- The war against Britain, 1775-1783 -- A new Navy fights France and the Barbary States, 1783-1805 -- A precarious neutrality ends in a second war against Britain, 1805-1815 -- Trade protection and war with Mexico, 1815-1861 -- The Civil Aar, 1861-1865 -- Epilogue.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 era through the Civil War, the book draws on American, British, and French history to reveal how navies reflect diplomatic, political,Naval historyUnited StatesHistory, NavalTo 1900Naval history.359.00973Dull Jonathan R.1942-249378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825827003321American naval history, 1607-18654049341UNINA