Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Ian W. Toll
How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy.
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship?
Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates,or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers?
The founders particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.
From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian.
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship?
Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates,or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers?
The founders particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.
From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian.
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Năm:
2008
Nhà xuát bản:
W.W. Norton & Co.
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
592
ISBN 10:
0393066649
ISBN 13:
9780393066647
File:
EPUB, 2.10 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008
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