Author: Gerald E. WheelerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Admiral William Veazie Pratt, U.S. Navy
Author: Gerald E. WheelerAdmiral William Veazie Pratt, U. S. Navy
Author: Gerald WheelerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410202857
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The period spanned by William Veazie Pratt's naval career coincided with an era of extraordinary historical importance. It saw the development of "The New Navy, " decisive naval victories on two sides of the globe, he increasing influence of American naval power on the international scene, and the emergence of the United States as one of the foremost world powers. It saw the revision of strategic concepts and the development of tactics to exploit the capabilities of the new ships. It saw the evolution of specialized types of ships, and organizing, training, and exercising these types in combination to form a fleet prepared for major engagements at sea. It saw basic adjustments in the Navy Department in response to the changing requirements of fleet readiness, planning, and direction of the operating forces.Drawing upon Pratt's varied service afloat and ashore and his close association with many of the most significant events of the era, this biography by Professor Gerald E. Wheeler provides insights of value to an understanding of the modern Navy and its roles in recent American history. The biography also throws light on the policy-level scene in Washington and on the factors and decision processes by which the nation's naval power was sized and shaped.
Admiral William Veazie Pratt, U.S. Navy
Author: Gerald E. WheelerAnglo-American Naval Relations, 1917-1919
Author: Michael SimpsonPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1805434160
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
This collection of documents traces the relationship between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy from Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917 until the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
One Hundred Years of Sea Power
Author: George W. BaerPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804727945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force. What it should do, what doctrine it holds, what ships it deploys, and how it fights are determined by practical political and military choices in relation to national needs. Choices are made according to the state's goals, perceived threat, maritime opportunity, technological capabilities, practical experience, and, not the least, the way the sea service defines itself and its way of war. This book is a history of the modern U.S. Navy. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine.
Peace And Disarmament
Author: Richard FanningPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813156769
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Arms control remains a major international issue as the twentieth century closes, but it is hardly a new concern. The effort to limit military power has enjoyed recurring support since shortly after World War I, when the United States, Britain, and Japan sought naval arms control as a means to insure stability in the Far East, contain naval expenditure, and prevent another world cataclysm. Richard Fanning examines the efforts of American, British, and Japanese leaders— political, military, and social—to reach agreement on naval limitation between 1922 and the mid-1930s, with focus on the years 1927-30, when political leaders, statesmen, naval officers, and various civilian pressure groups were especially active in considering naval limits. The civilian and even some military actors believed the Great War had been an aberration and that international stability would reign in the near future. But the coming of the Great Depression brought a dramatic drop in concern for disarmament. This study, based on a wide variety of unpublished sources, compares the cultural underpinnings of the disarmament movement in the three countries, especially the effects of public opinion, through examination of the many peace groups that played an important role in the disarmament process. The decision to strive for arms control, he finds, usually resulted from peace group pressure and political expediency. For anyone interested in naval history, this book illuminates the beginnings of the arms limitation effort and the growth of the peace movement.
Naval War College Review
Author: Naval War College (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Naval War College Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Readings in American Naval History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932768077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
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