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Author Bradford, James C.

Title Admirals of the New Steel Navy : Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1880-1930.

Publication Info. Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (457 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents { CONTENTS]; Illustrations; Preface; Ackowledgments; Shapers of the New Navy; Stephen B. Luce: Intellectual Leader of the New Navy; Alfred Thayer Mahan: Christian Expansionist, Navalist, and Historian; Robley D. Evans: Master of Pugnacity; French Ensor Chadwick: Reformer, Historian, and Outcast; Bradley Allen Fiske: Inventor and Reformer in Uniform; Builders of the New Empire; Willian T. Sampson: Progressive Technologist as Naval Commander; Winfield Scott Schley: the Confident Commander; George Dewey: Admiral of the Navy; A Navy Second to None.
Henry T. Mayo: Last of the Independent Naval DiplomatsWilliam Sowden Sims: the Victory Ashore; William Shepherd Benson: Naval General Staff American Style; Mark Lambert Bristol: Naval Diplomat Extraordinary of the Battleship Age; William A. Moffett: Steward of the Air Revlution; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index.
Summary This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject United States. Navy -- Biography.
United States. Navy.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States. Navy -- History.
History.
Admirals -- United States -- Biography.
Admirals.
United States.
Admirals -- United States -- History.
United States -- History, Naval.
Naval history.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Naval Science -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Naval history.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Bradford, James C. Admirals of the New Steel Navy : Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1880-1930. Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, ©2013 9781591140559
ISBN 9781612512594 (electronic book)
1612512593 (electronic book)