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Commodore Perry opens Japan to trade in world history
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Ann Gaines |
Traces the efforts of Commodore Matthew Perry to use force and diplomacy to end Japan's traditional isolationism and to begin trade with the Asian nation. |
OL15048252W |
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The United States Navy
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Edward Latimer Beach |
Thoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful… |
OL15845706W |
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On Wave and Wing
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Barrett Tillman |
xxiii, 332 pages : 24 cm |
OL20197544W |
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The naval war of 1812
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Theodore Roosevelt |
Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on … |
OL20530W |
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Sailors to the End
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Gregory A. Freeman |
The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensu… |
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Six Frigates
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Ian W. Toll |
Starting in the Adams administration and continuing through to the end of the War of 1812, *Six Frigates* is a well researched and very readable history of the Navy of the United States. Begun in the… |
OL8062047W |
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From Sail to Steam
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Richard Y. Francaviglia |
xvii, 324 p. : 24 cm |
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Toward a New Order of Sea Power
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Harold H. & Margaret Sprout |
First pub. 1943 |
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