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To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1998
To Shining Sea A History of the United States Navy 17751998 Author:Stephen Howarth Stephen Howarth chronicles the epic story of the United States Navy. Here are the first engagements of the tiny Continental Navy, the fight against the Barbary pirates, the watershed clash of the Monitor and the Merrimack, the development -- from blueprint to battleship -- of the U.S. Navy's first modern capital ships and submarines, the gre... more »at battles of World War II in the Pacific, and the navy's deployment in Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf. For this edition, Howarth provides a new chapter discussing recent developments in the U.S. Navy.« less