American Naval History: A Guide / Edition 3

by Paolo E. Coletta

Overview

From its hasty and urgent creation during the American Revolution through periods of relative neglect, the United States Navy has maintained an important role in the security of the United States, and has been involved in many of its crucial historical events. American Naval History: A Guide pays attention to diplomacy, maritime issues, aviation, geography, scientific and technological advancements, and other historical disciplines. It also has entries on the naval histories of America's closest allies and enemies. A first edition of the book was printed by University Press of America as An Annotated and Selected Bibliography of American Naval History (1988). Vast changes have occurred since that time. Titles dealing with the development of sea power in the ancient and medieval world have been omitted. Instead, the book has modernized its listings by including titles from the last years of the Reagan presidency, George Bush's presidency, and the first two years of Bill Clinton's presidency. The list of periodicals has been expanded and revised considerably. Additionally, the titles now contain useful abbreviations that detail whether the texts include maps, diagrams, illustrations, glossaries, and appendixes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810833029
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/16/2000
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	960
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 8.76(h) x 2.25(d)

About the Author

Paolo E. Coletta (Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia) taught for nearly forty years at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. During his extensive scholarly career, he has published books and articles on many different topics including American history, naval power, and international diplomacy.

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	ix
	Periodicals	xi
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xvii
1.	Bibliographic Aids and Reference Sources
A.	General	1
B.	Ships and Aircraft	24
C.	Chronologies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias	46
D.	Naval Terms	53
E.	Maps and Battle Diagrams	56
F.	Personnel Directories	58
G.	Films, Videos, Audio Cassettes, and Museum Displays	60
H.	Transcripts of Oral Interviews	62
I.	Fiction and Literature	63
2.	Concepts and Definitions	65
3.	Ships, Colonies, and Wars, 1689-1776	69
4.	Sea Power in the Revolutionary War	81
5.	A Chip on the European War Table, 1783-1815	123
6.	The U.S. Navy at Peace and War, 1815-1861	155
7.	Naval Power in the Civil War, 1861-1865	173
8.	The Post-Civil War Denouement and the Rise of the New Navy, 1865-1898	217
9.	The Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion	229
10.	The U.S. Navy Comes of Age, 1898-1914	239
11.	Naval Power and World War I: Europe, 1914-1917	253
12.	The U.S. Navy in World War I, 1917-1919	267
13.	Naval Disarmament and Rearmament, 1918-1941	281
14.	The Coming of World War II	321
15.	World War II in Atlantic Waters, September 1939-December 1941	337
16.	The U.S. Navy in World War II: Atlantic Theater
A.	General	355
B.	Northern Europe	385
C.	The Mediterranean	397
D.	Battle of the Atlantic	404
17.	The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part I, From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
A.	General	421
B.	Pearl Harbor	436
C.	Wake, Guam, and the Loss of the Southern Resources Area	449
D.	Early Allied Carrier Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea	457
E.	Battle of Midway	459
F.	The Aleutians	464
18.	The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part II, The Campaign against Rabaul	467
19.	The U.S. Navy in World War II: Pacific Theater. Part III, The Dual Advance and End of the Japanese Empire
A.	General	477
B.	Submarine Warfare	500
20.	The Cold War and American Defense Reorganization, 1945-1950	507
21.	Korea and Continued Communist Containment, 1950-1961	537
22.	Kennedy, Johnson, and Sea Power in the 1960s and 1970s	555
23.	The Challenge of the Soviet Navy, and the U.S. Navy's Forward Maritime Strategy	583
24.	Sea Power for the 1980s	597
25.	Reagan and the Rearming of America	619
26.	Reagan and Nuclear Weapons: START, SDI, and SALT without SALT	647
27.	To Russia with Love: The Bush Administration and the First Term of William Clinton	673
	Special Topics
A.	Amphibious Operations	709
B.	Aviation	714
C.	Decorations and Awards	742
D.	Education, Ethics, and Leadership	744
E.	Family Life, Retirement, Widows	756
F.	Ceremonies, Drills, and Traditions	760
G.	Intelligence and Counterintelligence	761
H.	Insurgency and Counterinsurgency	773
I.	Logistics	774
J.	Maritime Law	788
K.	Merchant Marine	792
L.	Mine Warfare	797
M.	Minorities	799
N.	Navigation	802
O.	Ocean Science	806
P.	Ordnance	810
Q.	Reserve Forces	818
R.	Special Units	819
S.	Strategy, Tactics, and War Games	823
T.	Terrorism and Antiterrorism	836
U.	Uniforms, Badges, and Insignia	840
V.	Women in the Navy	842
W.	Religion	853
X.	Music and Art	855
Y.	Physical Fitness	858
Z.	Poetry	858
	Personal Author Index	861
	Subject Index	919
	About the Author	935

Editorial Reviews

...no other work provides such extensive coverage of this subject...the book does belong in most academic reference collections.

American Reference Books Annual

Paolo brings much experience and an extensive research track record in the preparation of such work.

Reviewers Consortium

This volume should be the base from which a researcher strikes out…benefit[s] the newcomer to naval history as well as the seasoned veteran. This is clearly a must-buy for all maritime history reference collections.

The American Neptune

...no other work provides such extensive coverage of this subject...the book does belong in most academic reference collections.--American Reference Books Annual

This volume should be the base from which a researcher strikes out...benefit[s] the newcomer to naval history as well as the seasoned veteran. This is clearly a must-buy for all maritime history reference collections.--The American Neptune

Paolo brings much experience and an extensive research track record in the preparation of such work.--Reviewers Consortium

From the Publisher

...no other work provides such extensive coverage of this subject...the book does belong in most academic reference collections.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)