The long road to Annapolis the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic /

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Autor principal: Leeman, William P.
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction : armed ambassadors
  • Prologue : the maddest idea in the world
  • Defending the New Republic
  • Learning the ropes
  • A West Point for the Navy?
  • Academies and aristocracy in Andrew Jackson's America
  • The sword and the pen
  • Mutiny, midshipmen, and the middle class
  • Annapolis
  • Epilogue : homecoming.