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Author : United States. Naval History Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Naval Honors to George Washington written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Naval Honors to George Washington written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Nelson
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071628259
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (282 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea written by James Nelson and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1775 General George Washington secretly armed a handful of small ships and sent them to sea against the world’s mightiest navy From the author of the critically acclaimed Benedict Arnold’s Navy, here is the story of how America’s first commander-in-chief--whose previous military experience had been entirely on land--nursed the fledgling American Revolution through a season of stalemate by sending troops to sea. Mining previously overlooked sources, James L. Nelson’s swiftly moving narrative shows that George Washington deliberately withheld knowledge of his tiny navy from the Continental Congress for more than two critical months, and that he did so precisely because he knew Congress would not approve.
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Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Honor to George Washington written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Schooners written by Chester G. Hearn and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though never an overpowering force, Washington's flotilla of eight fast, lightly armed ships harassed British supply lines along the New England coast for twenty-six months beginning in the fall of 1775. Manned by seamen from his army who longed to show King George who owned the colonial coast, the schooners captured fifty-five prizes and accelerated the British decision to evacuate Boston. Chester Hearn's analyses of Washington's naval leadership show that Washington, though the man least likely to appreciate the importance of seapower, was the very person who seemed to understand it best. He had his little squadron at sea months before the Continental Congress finally agreed to pass an appropriation to finance the first Continental fleet, and much of the early naval policy that followed had its foundation in Washington's instructions to his captains. In telling the story of Washington's schooners, Hearn brings to life the early days of America's war for independence with tales of perseverance, courage, and sacrifice. He describes a motley collection of captains, sailors, marines, and naval agents, recounts the fledgling navy's successes and failures, and examines the reactions of both the Royal Navy and the emerging American nation. It is at once an exciting tale of adventure and authentic, little-known history.
Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698153227
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book In the Hurricane's Eye written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Nathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and British to a central place in the history of the American Revolution. He succeeds, marvelously."--The New York Times Book Review The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower. In the concluding volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick tells the thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War. In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake—fought without a single American ship—made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, In the Hurricane's Eye reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea.
Author : United States. Naval History Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Naval Documents of the American Revolution written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of the preceding volumes - the first of which was published in 1964 - this work synthesizes edited documents, including correspondence, ship logs, muster rolls, orders, and newspaper accounts, that provide a comprehensive understanding of the war at sea in the spring of 1778. The editors organize this wide array of texts chronologically by theater and incorporate French, Italian, and Spanish transcriptions with English translations throughout.
Author : James Nelson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071643429
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (434 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Secret Navy written by James Nelson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-05-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complements the author’s last book, the well-received Benedict Arnold’s Navy Details an important but rarely mentioned event in American history
Author : Edward G. Lengel
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812969502
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book General George Washington written by Edward G. Lengel and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever written.” –Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellency: George Washington Based largely on George Washington’s personal papers, this engrossing book paints a vivid, factual portrait of Washington the soldier. An expert in military history, Edward Lengel demonstrates that the “secret” to Washington’s excellence lay in his completeness, in how he united the military, political, and personal skills necessary to lead a nation in war and peace. Despite being an “imperfect commander”–and at times even a tactically suspect one–Washington nevertheless possessed the requisite combination of vision, integrity, talents, and good fortune to lead America to victory in its war for independence. At once informative and engaging, and filled with some eye-opening revelations about Washington, the American Revolution, and the very nature of military command, General George Washington is a book that reintroduces readers to a figure many think they already know. “The book’s balanced assessment of Washington is satisfying and thought-provoking. Lengel gives us a believable Washington . . . the most admired man of his generation by far.” –The Washington Post Book World “A compelling picture of a man who was ‘the archetypal American soldier’ . . . The sum of his parts was the greatness of Washington.” –The Boston Globe “[An] excellent book . . . fresh insights . . . If you have room on your bookshelf for only one book on the Revolution, this may be it.” –The Washington Times
Author : United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
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Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book George Washington written by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Bell Clark
Publisher : Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Navy written by William Bell Clark and published by Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Nelson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071743170
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Great Gamble written by James Nelson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One shining yet overlooked moment that changed the course of the Revolutionary War In the opening months of 1781, General George Washington feared his army would fail to survive another campaign season. The spring and summer only served to reinforce his despair, but in late summer the changing circumstances of war presented a once-in-a-war opportunity for a French armada to hold off the mighty British navy while his own troops with French reinforcements drove Lord Cornwallis's forces to the Chesapeake. The Battle of the Capes would prove the only time the French ever fought the Royal Navy to a draw, and for the British army it was a catastrophe. Cornwallis confidently retreated to Yorktown, expecting to be evacuated by a British fleet that never arrived. In the end he had no choice but to surrender. Although the war sputtered on another two years, its outcome was never in doubt after Yorktown. General Washington's Great Gamble is the story of the greatest naval engagement of the American Revolution. It is also a study in leadership, good and bad, political machinations and the wild, unpredictable circumstances that led to the extraordinary confluence of military and naval resources at that time and place. Topics include: Looking South; Sea Power for the General; Arnold; Copper Bottoms; Head of Elk; The Battle of Cape Henry; An Attempt to Conquer Virginia; Greene and Cornwallis: Looking North; The American Command; The Battle of Guilford Courthouse; Pyrrhic Victory; Reinforcing the Chesapeake; "[T]he enemy have turned so much of their attention to the Southern States..."; The Battle of Blandford; The British War at Sea; Juncture; "I am inclined to think well of York..."; The Promise of a Fleet; The Battle of Green Springs; The March on New York; An Operation to the Southward; The Arrival of De Grasse; The Battle of the Capes;Cornwallis Surrenders
Author : Don Higginbotham
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820324000
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book George Washington and the American Military Tradition written by Don Higginbotham and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1987-10-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In George Washington and the American Military Tradition, Don Higginbotham investigates the interplay of militiaman and professional soldier, of soldier and legislator, that shaped George Washington’s military career and ultimately fostered the victory that brought independence to our nation. Higginbotham then explores the legacy of Washington’s success, revealing that the crucial blending of civil and military concerns characteristic of the Revolution has been variously regarded and only seldom repeated by later generations of American soldiers. Washington’s training, between 1753 and 1755, included frontier command in the Virginia militia, adjunct service to the British regulars during the French and Indian War, and increasing civil service in the Virginia House of Burgesses and Continental Congress. The result of this combination of pursuits was Washington’s concern for the citizen behind the soldier, his appreciation of both frontier tactics and professional discipline, and his sensitivity to political conflict and consensus in thirteen colonies in forming a new, united nation. When, in 1775, Washington accepted command of the Continental Army from the Continental Congress, he possessed political and military experience that enabled him, by 1783, to translate the Declaration of Independence into victory over the British. Yet, Higginbotham notes, the legacy of Washington’s success has sometimes been overlooked by generals concerned with professional training and a permanent military establishment, and therefore apt to revere foreign heros such as Jomini, Napoleon, and Bismarck more than Washington. Other leaders, most notably the World War II chief of staff, George Marshall, have recognized and implemented Washington’s unique understanding of civil and military coordination. In times almost wholly dominated by a military agenda, Washington’s and Marshall’s steady subordination of soldier to citizen, of strategy to legislation, recalls the careful consensus of thirteen colonies in 1776.
Author : Albert Bushnell Hart
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Honor to George Washington and Reading about George Washington written by Albert Bushnell Hart and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Cox
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442996897
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)
Download or read book A Proper Sense of Honor written by Caroline Cox and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the experiences of officers and soldiers of the Continental army rather than of the militia. However, occasionally, the experiences of the militia are crucial to our understanding and are included where necessary. Historian Holly Mayer used the phrase ''Continental Community'' to embrace people such as wagoners and camp followers, mostly the wives and other female relatives of soldiers who lived, worked with, and were dependent on the army. The phrase serves us well, too, but for different purposes. The differences in treatment between militia and Continental service were distinct - especially in terms of punishment - and yet the men of each were frequently in close contact, and in sickness and at death, the men and their friends faced some of the same problems. The ways in which these differences were resolved are important and make it worth our while to keep both in view, as did the participants themselves.
Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Navy-yard, Washington written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. Crawford
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801 written by Michael J. Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
