THE RISE OF AMERICAN NAVAL POWER 1776-1918

Author: H & M Sprout

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Year published: 1991

Pagination: 448pp, index

Condition: blue cloth, gilt titles, near fine

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The development of the United States Navy from its colonial heritage. Via the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Mediterranean Operations, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, it developed into a global power by the end of World War I. One of the "Classics of Naval Literature" series.