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Congress buys a Navy : politics, economics, and the rise of American naval power, 1881-1921 / Paul E. Pedisich.

By: Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: vii, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781682470770
  • 1682470776
Other title:
  • Politics, economics, and the rise of American naval power, 1881-1921
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • VA58 .P43 2016
Contents:
The first hundred years -- A beginning, 1881-82 -- Politics versus progress, 1882-83 -- Incubation, 1883-85 -- Some movement, 1885-89 -- A turning point, 1889-93 -- Reasonable progress, 1893-97 -- War and imperialism, 1897-99 -- Reorganization and growth, 1899-1901 -- An offensive Navy, 1902-5 -- Power projected, 1905-9 -- Steady as she goes, 1909-13 -- Neutrality, 1913-15 -- Second to none, 1915-21.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-274) and index.

The first hundred years -- A beginning, 1881-82 -- Politics versus progress, 1882-83 -- Incubation, 1883-85 -- Some movement, 1885-89 -- A turning point, 1889-93 -- Reasonable progress, 1893-97 -- War and imperialism, 1897-99 -- Reorganization and growth, 1899-1901 -- An offensive Navy, 1902-5 -- Power projected, 1905-9 -- Steady as she goes, 1909-13 -- Neutrality, 1913-15 -- Second to none, 1915-21.

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