This People's Navy
The Making of American Sea Power
Published on 19. September 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
468 pages
978-0-02-913471-9 (ISBN)
Description
Kenneth J. Hagan pulls the curtain back for American civilians as he shares a sweeping account of the country's naval experience.
Including the wooden Continental Navy to contemporary projections of the service's high-tech mission in the next century, The People's Navy shares the complete making and growth of America's sea power.
"...provides a clear, interesting, and through-provoking introduction to the history of the American sea power and should be read by all historians of the United States... This book will provide standard interpretation for a long time to come." - Reviews in American History
Including the wooden Continental Navy to contemporary projections of the service's high-tech mission in the next century, The People's Navy shares the complete making and growth of America's sea power.
"...provides a clear, interesting, and through-provoking introduction to the history of the American sea power and should be read by all historians of the United States... This book will provide standard interpretation for a long time to come." - Reviews in American History
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
751 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-913471-9 (9780029134719)
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Previous edition
Book
11/1990
The Free Press
€49.70
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Person
Kenneth J. Hagan is a distinguished American naval historian and a retired faculty member of the United States Naval Academy. Hagan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the United States Navy for five years.