Author: George DeweyPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Autobiography of George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy
Author: George DeweyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Admiral George Dewey
Author: John BarrettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey from Montpelier to Manila
Author: Adelbert Milton DeweyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Life of Admiral George Dewey
Author: William Montgomery ClemensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Life and Achievement of Admiral Dewey from Montpelier to Manila ...
Author: Murat HalsteadPublisher:
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Autobiography of George Dewey
Author: George DeweyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781789871128
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Admiral George Dewey, hero of the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War, describes his career and battle successes in this exciting and eye-opening autobiography. Dewey recounts his youth in Vermont, telling of his appreciation for the outdoors, with a particular passion being to swim in the nearby river. The lack of discipline in his nearby schoolhouse - a place which lacked permanent staff - concerned Dewey's father, who decided to send his son to military school. It was this decision which shaped the boy's entire life; Dewey demonstrated great aptitude and was already a junior officer by the time of the U.S. Civil War. The earliest signs of Dewey's greatness glimmered during the Civil War, in which he performed well during the Battle of New Orleans. Promoted and distinguished by the end of the conflict, Dewey spent the years following the war witnessing a navy which was rapidly modernizing as new technologies transformed naval materiel and warfare. By the 1890s, Dewey was a mature commander in charge of the United States' Asiatic Squadron; a group of cutting-edge warships. Dewey's decisive command during the Battle of Manila Bay, which saw the opposing Spanish naval force thrown into chaos and disarray, made the admiral a national hero. The fight was crucial; with it, the USA took possession of Manila and began in earnest to capture the Philippines from the Spaniards.
The Reception of Admiral George Dewey, U.S.N., at Washington, October 2 & 3, 1899. Together with an Account of the Ceremonies on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Sword Voted Him by the United States Congress in Recognition of His Services in the Destruction of the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. Prepared by Authority of the Admiral Dewey Reception Committee by William V. Cox. [With Illustrations, Including Portraits.].
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Author: William Von Zandt CoxPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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George Dewey, Admiral
Author: Frederick PalmerAdmiral Dewey at Manila and the Complete Story of the Philippines
Author: Joseph L. StickneyPublisher:
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Category : Manila (Philippines)
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A New Force at Sea
Author: David A. SmithPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682475808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A New Force at Sea tells the story of one of the most important officers in the U.S. Navy between the Civil War and World War II. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, George Dewey attended the still relatively new U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1858. He served with distinction in the Civil War in the Union Navy, saw a significant amount of action in the Mississippi River and along the Atlantic coast, and was singled out for his leadership and bravery by his superior officers. In the wake of the war, Dewey remained in the Navy as an officer, but the American people were generally uninterested in any role their nation could play in the broader world and the Navy languished. Dewey however, refined his perception of what American global naval strategy could be. By the time the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Dewey commanded a squadron of ships on the far side of the Pacific. His victory in the Battle of Manila Bay instantly made him the most famous American military figure after Ulysses S. Grant. The degree to which Dewey bore responsibility for embroiling the United States in what came to be known as the Philippine Insurrection was overlooked by an American public that eagerly named children for him, composed songs in his honor, and competed to stage the most extravagant civic celebrations of the quiet naval officer from Vermont. It was a public role for which he was ill-suited. Such was Dewey‘s celebrity that he when he returned to the United States he was instantly spoken of as a serious candidate for the Presidency in 1900. After an abortive and half-hearted candidacy that damaged his public reputation, Congress raised his rank to the newly created “Admiral of the Navy,” the rank he would hold for the rest of his life. He became the embodiment of Theodore Roosevelt‘s “big stick” attitude and the national symbol for American naval power. He served as the chairman of the new General Board of the United States Navy, created in 1900 as the first body to address questions of strategy and operational readiness. Dewey had a profound understanding that his career bridged two seminal periods in American naval history, and clearly understood the repercussions of his victory at Manila. He died in Washington in January 1917, shortly before the United States entered World War I fighting against Germany as he had foretold years earlier. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery but shortly after reinterred at the Washington National Cathedral, the only U.S. military officer to have such an honor.