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Navalism and the emergence of American sea power, 1882-1893

Title
Navalism and the emergence of American sea power, 1882-1893 / Mark Russell Shulman.
Author
Shulman, Mark R.
Publication
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Description
x, 239 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • United States. Navy > History > 19th century
  • Sea-power > United States > History > 19th century
  • United States > History, Naval > To 1900
  • United States > Military policy
  • United States > Politics and government > 1881-1885
  • United States > Politics and government > 1885-1889
  • United States > Politics and government > 1889-1893
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-231) and index.
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.
  • 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.
ISBN
155750766X (alk. paper)
LCCN
94048539
OCLC
  • 31776539
  • ocm31776539
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries