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- catalog abstract ""'To Shining Sea' is a landmark of naval history, the most comprehensive and authoritative narrative account of American sea power written in recent times. From John Paul Jones's defiant cry 'I have not yet begun to fight, ' to the war in the Persian Gulf, 'To Shining Sea' recounts the epic story of the men and ships of the United States Navy ... We follow the first engagements of the tiny Continental Navy; we fight the Barbary pirates; ... we witness the watershed clash of the 'Monitor' and the 'Merrimack;' we follow, from blueprint to battleship, the development of the U.S. Navy's first modern capital ships and submarines; and we come to appreciate the service's role in the ascendancy of the United States to a global power. Howarth brings us vividly up to date with the painful but ultimately fruitful post-Vietnam reassessment of the Navy's organization and capabilities, and the service's deployment at the onset of the Persian Gulf conflict ..."".
- catalog contributor b3434623.
- catalog coverage "United States History, Naval.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description ""'To Shining Sea' is a landmark of naval history, the most comprehensive and authoritative narrative account of American sea power written in recent times. From John Paul Jones's defiant cry 'I have not yet begun to fight, ' to the war in the Persian Gulf, 'To Shining Sea' recounts the epic story of the men and ships of the United States Navy ... We follow the first engagements of the tiny Continental Navy; we fight the Barbary pirates; ... we witness the watershed clash of the 'Monitor' and the 'Merrimack;' we follow, from blueprint to battleship, the development of the U.S. Navy's first modern capital ships and submarines; and we come to appreciate the service's role in the ascendancy of the United States to a global power. Howarth brings us vividly up to date with the painful but ultimately fruitful post-Vietnam reassessment of the Navy's organization and capabilities, and the service's deployment at the onset of the Persian Gulf conflict ..."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [589]-595) and index.".
- catalog description "Wood and canvas, 1775-1881 -- Steam and steel, 1881-1991.".
- catalog extent "xv, 620 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0394576624 :".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Naval.".
- catalog subject "359/.00973 20".
- catalog subject "United States. Navy History.".
- catalog subject "VA55 .H69 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wood and canvas, 1775-1881 -- Steam and steel, 1881-1991.".
- catalog title "To shining sea : a history of the United States Navy, 1775-1991 / Stephen Howarth.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Naval history. fast".
- catalog type "text".