Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy / Ian W. Toll.
2006
E182 .T65 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy / Ian W. Toll.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0393058476 (hardcover)
9780393058475 (hardcover)
9780393330328
039333032X
9780393058475 (hardcover)
9780393330328
039333032X
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2006.
Language
English
Description
xii, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Item Number
9780393058475
Call Number
E182 .T65 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
359.00973/09033
Summary
Describes the origins and early history of the American Navy, discussing the debates by the founding fathers over the need for a permanent military, the decision to construct six heavy frigates, the campaign against Tripoli, and the War of 1812.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-540) and index.
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Table of Contents
Notes on language and nautical terminology
To provide and maintain
To the shores of Tripoli
England again
Epilogue
Chronology of later events: 1815-2005.
To provide and maintain
To the shores of Tripoli
England again
Epilogue
Chronology of later events: 1815-2005.