Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy - Paperback
by Ian W. Toll
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393330328ISBN-10:039333032XUPC:9780393330328Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Naval, United States, 19th CenturySize:9.22 x 6.02 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.44Product ID:SC59M7E7ZS
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders--particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams--debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.
From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393330328ISBN-10:039333032XUPC:9780393330328Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Naval, United States, 19th CenturySize:9.22 x 6.02 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.44Product ID:SC59M7E7ZS
Toll, Ian W.: - Ian W. Toll is the author of Pacific Crucible, The Conquering Tide, and Six Frigates, winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the William E. Colby Award. He lives in San Francisco and New York.
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