Navalism and the emergence of American sea power, 1882-1893 /
In just eleven years the U.S. Navy evolved from a twelfth-ranked sea power to a first-rate imperial fleet due mostly to the efforts of a small group of savvy politicians, writers, and naval officers called navalists. This study analyzes the origins of American sea power for a totally balanced view o...
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Annapolis, Md. :
Naval Institute Press,
[1995], ©1995
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Navalist Reinterpretation of the War of 1812. Prenavalist Interpretations. New Historical Interpretations: Navalists. New Historical Interpretations: Generalists. The Feeble Voice of Dissent
- 2. Cleaning Up the Act: Reorganizing and Rebuilding the Navy. Naval Administration. Facilities. Ships. Men
- 3. Selling the Navy: Popularization of the Service. To Be Read. To Be Seen. To Be Done
- 4. The Old Navy's Pacific. Pacific and Asiatic. Shufeldt's Pacific. Pacific Policies of the Old Navy. Officers of the Old Navy
- 5. The New Navy's Pacific. Mahan's Pacific. Officers of the New Navy. Policy for a New Ocean
- 6. The Best Defense Is a Defense. Origins of the New Navy. Defense on the Defensive. The First New Navy
- 7. The Best Defense Is an Offense. Strategy and Construction. Strategy and Politics. 1886: The First Battleships. 1887: Holding the Line. 1888: The Rise and Fall of the Cruiser. 1889: Tracy Takes the Offensive. 1890: Annus Mirabilis
- 1 The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Navalist Reinterpretation of the War of 1812. Prenavalist Interpretations. New Historical Interpretations: Navalists. New Historical Interpretations: Generalists. The Feeble Voice of Dissent
- 2. Cleaning Up the Act: Reorganizing and Rebuilding the Navy. Naval Administration. Facilities. Ships. Men
- 3. Selling the Navy: Popularization of the Service. To Be Read. To Be Seen. To Be Done
- 4. The Old Navy's Pacific. Pacific and Asiatic. Shufeldt's Pacific. Pacific Policies of the Old Navy. Officers of the Old Navy
- 5. The New Navy's Pacific. Mahan's Pacific. Officers of the New Navy. Policy for a New Ocean
- 6. The Best Defense Is a Defense. Origins of the New Navy. Defense on the Defensive. The First New Navy
- 7. The Best Defense Is an Offense. Strategy and Construction. Strategy and Politics. 1886: The First Battleships. 1887: Holding the Line. 1888: The Rise and Fall of the Cruiser. 1889: Tracy Takes the Offensive. 1890: Annus Mirabilis. 1891: Temporary Setback. 1892: Strange Politics. 1893: Denouement
- 8. The Whole Flapdoodle Pacifist and Mollycoddler Outfit. Economics and Empire. Peace Movements. Carl Schurz and Dissent
- 9. The Triumph of Navalism
- Postscript: Navalism at Work
- Postscript: Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 1893.
- 1891: Temporary Setback. 1892: Strange Politics. 1893: Denouement
- 8. The Whole Flapdoodle Pacifist and Mollycoddler Outfit. Economics and Empire. Peace Movements. Carl Schurz and Dissent
- 9. The Triumph of Navalism
- Postscript: Navalism at Work
- Postscript: Honolulu, Hawaii, in January 1893