LEADER 02676nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910462487903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-68775-5 010 $a0-8032-4471-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275797 035 $a(EBL)1043702 035 $a(OCoLC)818817950 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11463293 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10727196 035 $a(PQKB)10540743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1043702 035 $a(OCoLC)813930635 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19595 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1043702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614081 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL400025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275797 100 $a20120709d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican naval history, 1607-1865$b[electronic resource] $eovercoming the colonial legacy /$fJonathan R. Dull 210 $aLincoln, NB $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in war, society, and the military 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-4052-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aFor 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, 606 $aNaval history 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval$yTo 1900 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNaval history. 676 $a359.00973 700 $aDull$b Jonathan R.$f1942-$0249378 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462487903321 996 $aAmerican naval history, 1607-1865$92292055 997 $aUNINA