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Chargement... Preble's boys; Commodore Preble and the birth of American sea powerpar Fletcher Pratt
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Pratt is a sadly (and undeservedly) neglected author in the field of popular history. Preble's Boys builds on the fact all but one of the naval heroes of the War of 1812 served as junior officers under Commodore Preble during the conflict with the Barbary Pirates. Many of those officers then became the new leaders of the Navy after the the war. So, America's naval doctrine, long before Admiral Mahan, had been set by veterans of the Barbary Coast conflict; Preble's boys. A useful guide to the beginnings of U.S. naval traditions. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition of Pratts unique collection of sketches of virtually all of the foremost figures in the early American Navy whose contributions created that force. Among this profiled are Isaac Hull, Stephen Decatur, William Bainbridge, David Porter, Thomas Macdonough, and several others, all ofwhom, at a critical period in American history, assumed leadership roles and placed the country among the worlds leading naval powers. Includes many battle diagrams. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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