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Six Frigates (2006) (edit title/settings)

The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

by Ian W. Toll (Author) (edit contributors)

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How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy. Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing... read more

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  • - Creation of the US Navy's real fighting force

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On October 21, 1805, an English fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson hunted down and annihilated the combined fleets of Franch and Spain inan immense sea battle off Cape Trafalgar, near the Spanish coast. The Battle of Trafalgar, as it came to be known, crowned the Brisith Royal Navy as undisputed sovereign of the world's oceans and confounded Napoleon's last hope of a cross-Channel invasion of England.

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CONTENTS
Debts of Gratitude
Notes on Language and Nautical Terminology
Part One: To Provide and Maintain
Part Two: To the Shores of Tripoli
Part three: England Again
Epilogue
Chronology of Later Events: 1815-2005
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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  • Power of Diplomacy: Many people may not think of battles being dictated by those sitting in Congress back around 1790's. Even though the navy seems like kind of an important thing now, back then it was almost useless because England possessed such skill in the water. The U.S. navy was very nearly not created due to the presence of England and the lack of available funds in America's early years.

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  1. Ian W. Toll (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0393058476
Page Count: 560

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  • Library of Congress: E 0182 .T65 2006
  • Dewey: 359.00973

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