Table of Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................vii
Introduction.......................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1: In the Beginning...............................................................................................1
Chapter II: Warships from the Barbary Pirates to the Battle of New Orleans...............21
Chapter III: Warships from the Era of Good Feeling to Fort Sumter..............................51
Chapter IV: Warships from the Blockade of the South to Appomattax..........................77
Chapter V: Warships from Reconstruction to the ABCD Ships.....................................107
Chapter VI: Warships from the Steel Navy to the Great White Fleet............................123
Chapter VII: Warships from Dreadnoughts to the Treaty of Versailles........................161
Chapter VIII: Warships from the Washington Naval Conference to the Great
Depression...................................................................................................................185
Chapter IX: Warships from the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 to the
Navy Expansion and Deficiency Acts of 1938.............................................................235
Chapter X: Warships from the Two Ocean Navy Act of 1940 to VJ Day.......................279
Epilogue: Lessons of History Not to be Forgotten by Naval Professionals...................299
Bibliography...................................................................................................................311
Index...............................................................................................................................336
