Reflections on naval history : collected essays / John B. Hattendorf.
| Author/creator |
Hattendorf, John B. author. |
| Other author/creator | Naval War College (U.S.), issuing body. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2023. |
| Description | xiii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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| Series | Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 30 U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 30. ^A262974 |
| Contents | Part 1: Maritime History and the Historical Perspective. Ubi sumus? Twenty-five years later ; The maritime book in the English-speaking world, 1528-1850 ; Changing American perceptions of the Royal Navy since 1775 ; Commonwealth navies as seen by the U.S. Navy, 1910-2010 ; "Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked": the influence of sea power, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and the U.S. Naval War College -- Part 2: Early Modern Europe. Navies and naval operations, 1400-1815 ; Competing navies: Anglo-Dutch naval rivalry, 1652-1688 ; North America as a theater of conflict and imperial competition during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1713 ; The Peace of Utrecht in world history ; British policy toward Sweden, Charles XII, and the Great Northern War, 1697-1721 ; Admiral of the Fleet James, First Baron Gambier, GCB --^Part 3: The New Republic. George Washington's navy ; Debating the purpose of a navy in a new republic: the United States of America, 1775-1815 ; The naval War of 1812 in international perspective ; The Royal Navy and economic warfare on the United States during the War of 1812 -- Part 4. The World Wars. The strategic roles of navies during World War I ; Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson and the U.S. Navy in France, 1917-1919 ; The U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean during World War I and its immediate aftermath, 1917-1923 ; Aircraft carrier naval aviation and the changing character of naval battle during the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945 --^Part 5: Maritime History of, at, and near Newport, Rhode Island. The Brenton family of Newport ; The eighty-gun ship of the line Duc de Bourgogne ; A new model of the steam frigate USS Minnesota, ca. 1877-1881 ; Here's for a Coriolis effect in maritime history ; The Naval War College and Fleet Admiral Nimitz's "Graybook" ; The decision to close Rhode Island bases in 1973 -- Part 6: Naval Theory. The idea of a "fleet in being" in historical perspective ; The quest to understand naval leadership: educating admirals for high command in the U.S. Navy ; The idea of maritime and coastal space in U.S. naval thinking since 1970 ; Statesmen and sea power: reflections on aspects of Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond's thinking ; Naval power and the multidimensional roles of the armed forces ; Appendix: Bibliography of books and articles by John B. Hattendorf, 2015-2023. |
| General note | "... third in a series of volumes that bring together scholarly writings originally published in a variety of specialized journals and other publications... It includes papers originally appearing in the years 2010-20. The earlier volumes are Naval History and Maritime Strategy: Collected Essays (2000), and Talking about Naval History: A Collection of Essays (2011)"--Foreword. |
| General note | In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). |
| General note | Shipping list no.: 2024-0002-P. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hattendorf, John B. Reflections on naval history. |
| Related Item | Preceded by (work): Hattendorf, John B. Talking about naval history. |
| LCCN | 2023019325 |
| ISBN | 9781935352815 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1935352814 (paperback) |
| GPO item number | 0408-A-02 |
| Govt. docs number | D 208.210:30 |
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