xii, 932 pages 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 886-901)

The age of galley warfare -- The rise of English sea power -- The Seven Years' War -- The War of the American Revolution, I -- The War of the American Revolution, II -- The War of the French Revolution -- Nelson and Bonaparte -- The campaign of Trafalgar -- The decline and fall of the French empire -- The beginnings of the United States Navy -- The War of 1812 -- Navies in transition, 1815-1860 -- The American Civil War: the blockade and the cruisers -- The new technology: ironclads in action -- The Mississippi Valley Campaign, I: the road to Vicksburg -- The Mississippi Valley Campaign, II: Vicksburg and after -- Closing the Confederate ports -- Naval developments in the late 19th century -- The rise of Japanese naval power -- The Spanish-American War -- The United States becomes a naval power -- World War I: opening operations -- The campaign for Constantinople

The Battle of Jutland -- The war against shipping -- Disarmament and rearmament -- World War II: Atlantic surface operations, I -- Atlantic surface operations, II -- The struggle for the Mediterranean -- The Battle of the Atlantic -- The Allied offensive against North Africa -- Operations against Sicily and Italy -- The defeat of Germany -- Problems of the Pacific -- The period of Japanese expansion -- Midway and the Aleutians -- Guadalcanal -- The limited offensive -- Beginning the central Pacific drive -- The dual advance to the Philippines -- The Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Submarines in the Pacific -- The defeat of Japan -- The uneasy peace -- The Korean War -- The new Navy

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