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The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy. This work covers Chambers' early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected isthmian canal through Nicaragua.

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An excellent biographical study.... Dr. Stein's book is the result of exhaustive research in Captain Chambers's personal papers at the Library of Congress, supplemented by thorough research in Navy materials at the National Archives. He has succeeded in providing a comprehensive and accurate picture of the difficulties of early naval aviation and has also given us an outstanding discussion of the efforts to modernize naval administration, technology, and strategy in the pre-World War I era. - Herbert A. Johnson, author of Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War 1

From Torpedoes to Aviation Washington Irving

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817315641, 978-0817315641
      ISBN10: 0817315640
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy. This work covers Chambers' early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected isthmian canal through Nicaragua.

      Trade Review
      An excellent biographical study.... Dr. Stein's book is the result of exhaustive research in Captain Chambers's personal papers at the Library of Congress, supplemented by thorough research in Navy materials at the National Archives. He has succeeded in providing a comprehensive and accurate picture of the difficulties of early naval aviation and has also given us an outstanding discussion of the efforts to modernize naval administration, technology, and strategy in the pre-World War I era. - Herbert A. Johnson, author of Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War 1

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