TY - BOOK AU - Symonds,Craig L. TI - The U.S. Navy: a concise history AV - E182 .S997 2016 U1 - 359.00973 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - United States KW - Navy KW - History KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812 -- A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900) -- A Navy second to none: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) -- The two-ocean Navy: The U.S. Navy in the Second World War (1939-1945) -- Confronting the Soviets: The Cold War Navy (1945-1975) -- The U.S. Navy in the 21st Century UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4083510 ER -