Title: Naval engineering and American seapower /
Authors: King, Randolph W.; Palmer, Prescott.
Date: 1989
Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America,
Physical description: viii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: The making of an American style (1797-1887) / Michael E. Vlahos -- Growth of the new American navy (1888-1898) / John D. Alden -- The rise of American naval power (1899-1913) / John J. Fee -- World War I expansion (1914-1921) -- The declining years (1922-1932) / James V. Jolliff and Keith B. schumacher -- The Roosevelt resurgence (1933-1941) / James L. McVoy, Virgil W. Rinehart, and Prescott Palmer -- World War II development and expansion (1942-1945) / Edward M. MacCutcheon -- Search for a mission (1945-1950) / Robert L. Scheina -- Korea and Vietnam (1950-1972) / Willis C. Barnes -- Decline of the seventies (1973-1980) / Joseph F. Yurso -- The six-hundred ship navy and merchant marine doldrums (1981-1988) -- Summary / Randolph King -- Appendix A. Chronology of naval engineering -- Appendix B. Naval engineering trends -- Appendix C. Sources.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Defense industries--United States.; Marine engineering--United States--History.; Military weapons--United States--History.; Naval architecture--History.; Sea-power--United States--History.; Shipbuilding industry--Military aspects--United States.; Shipbuilding industry--United States--Military aspects.; Warships--United States--History.; Weapons industry--United States--History.