The United States Navy : 200 years | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Trees, the establishment, and our revolution

The Yankee race horse, Truxtun, and finally Preble

The beginning of the War of 1812

Victories on the high seas

The war on the lakes and finale on the seas

The slow advent of steam

Mutiny?

The gun and the ship

Iron ships and shell guns

The race between the ironclads

Battles between ironclad ships; war in the inland waters and at sea

The post-Civil War doldrums and the beginning of idealism

The Spanish-American War

Idealism and the reformers

World War I to Pearl and Midway

The armageddon at sea

Epilogue: A few ideas about our postwar navy