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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Contributors vii
List of Maps xiii
List of Figures xv
List of Vignettes xviii
Preface xx
Acknowledgments xxii
1. Sea Power and the Modern State System 1
James C. Bradford
2. The American War for Independence at Sea 11
Virginia W. Lunsford
3. Genesis of the US Navy, 1785–1806 25
Joseph P. Slaughter
4. The Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence, 1807–1815 41
Gene Allen Smith
5. The Squadron Navy: Agent of a Commercial Empire, 1815–1890 57
John H. Schroeder
6. Technological Revolution at Sea 73
William M. McBride
7. The Civil War: Blockade and Counterblockade 86
Craig L. Symonds
8. The Civil War on Rivers and Coastal Waters 101
Wayne Hsieh
9. The New Navy, 1865–1895 117
Frederick S. Harrod
10. War with Spain and the Revolution in Naval Affairs, 1895–1910 134
James C. Rentfrow
11. Defending Imperial Interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898–1941 150
Aaron B. O’Connell
12. Naval Rivalry and World War I at Sea, 1900–1920 165
Jon K. Hendrickson
13. Finding Certainty in Uncertain Times: The Navy in the Interwar Years 182
Craig C. Felker
14. World War II in the Atlantic 196
Marcus O. Jones
15. Assault on Occupied Europe 211
Stan Fisher
16. Defense in the Pacific, 1937–1943 230
Davin O’Hora
17. Offensive in the Pacific, 1943–1944 245
William F. Trimble
18. The Victory of Sea Power in the Pacific, 1944–1945 262
Edward J. Marolda
19. The Uneasy Transition, 1945–1953 279
Kenneth W. Estes
20. Cold War Challenges, 1953–1963 295
Lori L. Bogle
21. Defense Unification and Joint Operations 311
Scott Mobley
22. The Test of Vietnam 328
Richard A. Ruth
23. Toward a more Diverse Navy 344
Kristy N. Kamarck
24. Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, New Strategies, and Revival 358
Joseph T. Stanik
25. Contours of Conflict, 1990–2015 374
Ernest Tucker
26. Steaming Back into a Multipolar World 392
David F. Winkler
27. Quo Vadis? 409
Mark R. Hagerott
Further Reading 427
Index 437
