| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 537 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest
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Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-536). |
| Summary |
The United States Navy has evolved in the last century and a half from humble and often frustrating beginnings during and after the Revolutionary War to become the strongest navy in the world with responsibilities that span the globe. The story of the Navy from its birth through the Civil War and other 19th century conflicts through its victories of World War I and World War II and down to the current efforts in the Middle East to maintain the peace not only for the United States but also for other nations as the world's primary peace-keeper has been one of responding to the call of duty, as c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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United States. Navy. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Kearns, Patricia M., 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morris, James M. (James Matthew), 1935- Historical dictionary of the United States Navy. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011 9780810872295 (DLC) 2010044386 (OCoLC)674933648 |
| ISBN |
9780810874794 (electronic book) |
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0810874792 (electronic book) |
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9780810872295 |
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0810872293 |
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