The Rise of the American Navy: Maritime Battles Through the First Hundred Years
Year: 2021 Language: english Author: John Williams Ptolemy Genre: History Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 160 Description: From monumental battles and memorable speeches to groundbreaking developments and personal accounts, you’ll find it all here. In The Rise of the American Navy, you will discover: How George Washington finally got the Continental Navy created... after years of indecision in Congress One of the most fascinating figures of the Revolutionary War – now remembered as the father of the American Navy (even though he’s not actually American) The resourceful strategy that helped make the newly formed navy a formidable opponent, despite being greatly outmatched by the British The two-hour naval battle that led to American victory against Britain – and it didn’t even involve any Americans! How pirates resurrected the US Navy and started its gradual ascent to power First-hand accounts from those on the front lines that provide an up-close and personal view of the hardships of war How the Civil War contributed to a new era in naval warfare that made every other navy in the world obsolete And much more... The US Navy’s history is inextricably linked to the history of America as a nation. After all, its creation was tied to the colonies’ fight for independence. From its shaky beginnings to its current dominance, the Navy has gone through several ups and downs that have shaped it into what it is today. The Navy has come a long way since the days of the Revolutionary War. Through defeats, downsizing, and dissolution, it has managed to survive and come back stronger than ever to become the greatest naval power in the world.
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The Rise of the American Navy: Maritime Battles Through the First Hundred Years
Language: english
Author: John Williams Ptolemy
Genre: History
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 160
Description: From monumental battles and memorable speeches to groundbreaking developments and personal accounts, you’ll find it all here.
In The Rise of the American Navy, you will discover:
How George Washington finally got the Continental Navy created... after years of indecision in Congress
One of the most fascinating figures of the Revolutionary War – now remembered as the father of the American Navy (even though he’s not actually American)
The resourceful strategy that helped make the newly formed navy a formidable opponent, despite being greatly outmatched by the British
The two-hour naval battle that led to American victory against Britain – and it didn’t even involve any Americans!
How pirates resurrected the US Navy and started its gradual ascent to power
First-hand accounts from those on the front lines that provide an up-close and personal view of the hardships of war
How the Civil War contributed to a new era in naval warfare that made every other navy in the world obsolete
And much more...
The US Navy’s history is inextricably linked to the history of America as a nation. After all, its creation was tied to the colonies’ fight for independence.
From its shaky beginnings to its current dominance, the Navy has gone through several ups and downs that have shaped it into what it is today.
The Navy has come a long way since the days of the Revolutionary War.
Through defeats, downsizing, and dissolution, it has managed to survive and come back stronger than ever to become the greatest naval power in the world.
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