One Hundred Years of Sea Power
Subtitle: The U. S. Navy, 1890-1990
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: July 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780804727945
Subjects: Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Military Science; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - Naval; History / Military / Naval
First sentence: Before 1890 few Americans thought that the United States was a maritime nation dependent for its security and its prosperity on control of its sea approaches or that the country needed an offensive battleship fleet.