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| | * Baer, George W. ''One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990'' (1994), 553pp | | * Baer, George W. ''One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990'' (1994), 553pp |
| | * Coletta, Paolo E., ed. ''American Secretaries of the Navy'' (2 vol 1980) 1028 pp; essays by scholars on each secretary down to 1972 | | * Coletta, Paolo E., ed. ''American Secretaries of the Navy'' (2 vol 1980) 1028 pp; essays by scholars on each secretary down to 1972 |
| − | * Dorwart, Jeffery M. ''The Philadelphia Navy Yard: From the Birth of the U.S. Navy to the Nuclear Age'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Navy-Yard-Nuclear-Foundation/dp/0812235754/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212266510&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search] | + | * Dorwart, Jeffery M. ''The Philadelphia Navy Yard: From the Birth of the U.S. Navy to the Nuclear Age'' (2000) [https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Navy-Yard-Nuclear-Foundation/dp/0812235754/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212266510&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Hagan, Kenneth J. ''People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power'' (1991), 434pp | | * Hagan, Kenneth J. ''People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power'' (1991), 434pp |
| | * Howarth, Stephen. ''To Shining Sea -- A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991'' (1991). | | * Howarth, Stephen. ''To Shining Sea -- A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991'' (1991). |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1775-1941'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1775-1941-Robert/dp/081171862X/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]; 'History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1775-1941'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1775-1941-Robert/dp/081171862X/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]; 'History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Potter, E. B. ''Sea Power: A Naval History'' (1982), stress on battles | | * Potter, E. B. ''Sea Power: A Naval History'' (1982), stress on battles |
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| | ===1775 to 1890=== | | ===1775 to 1890=== |
| − | * Anderson, Bern. ''By Sea and by River: The Naval History of the Civil War'' (1989) [http://www.amazon.com/Sea-River-Naval-History-Paperback/dp/0306803674/ref=sr_1_23/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328739&sr=1-23 excerpt and text search] | + | * Anderson, Bern. ''By Sea and by River: The Naval History of the Civil War'' (1989) [https://www.amazon.com/Sea-River-Naval-History-Paperback/dp/0306803674/ref=sr_1_23/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328739&sr=1-23 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Coggins, Jack. ''Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution'' (1969). encyclopedic survey of the ships, cannon, gear, sailors , tactics, and actions of U.S. and British navies. | | * Coggins, Jack. ''Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution'' (1969). encyclopedic survey of the ships, cannon, gear, sailors , tactics, and actions of U.S. and British navies. |
| | * Fowler, William M., Jr. ''Rebels Under Sail: The American Navy During the Revolution'' (1976). a topical analysis of the operations and administration of the Continental Navy | | * Fowler, William M., Jr. ''Rebels Under Sail: The American Navy During the Revolution'' (1976). a topical analysis of the operations and administration of the Continental Navy |
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| | * McKee , Christopher. ''A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of the U.S. Naval Officer Corps, 1794-1815'' (1991). | | * McKee , Christopher. ''A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of the U.S. Naval Officer Corps, 1794-1815'' (1991). |
| | * Miller, Nathan. ''Sea of Glory: A Naval History of the American Revolution'' (1974); covers all aspects of the naval war | | * Miller, Nathan. ''Sea of Glory: A Naval History of the American Revolution'' (1974); covers all aspects of the naval war |
| − | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''John Paul Jones'' (1959), Pulitzer Prize [http://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Biography-Bluejacket/dp/1557504105/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search] | + | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''John Paul Jones'' (1959), Pulitzer Prize [https://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Biography-Bluejacket/dp/1557504105/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Nash, Howard P., Jr. ''The Forgotten Wars: The Role of the U. S. Navy in the Quasi War with France and the Barbary Wars, 1798-1805'' (1968). | | * Nash, Howard P., Jr. ''The Forgotten Wars: The Role of the U. S. Navy in the Quasi War with France and the Barbary Wars, 1798-1805'' (1968). |
| | * Palmer, Michael A. ''Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War with France, 1798-1801'' (1987). | | * Palmer, Michael A. ''Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War with France, 1798-1801'' (1987). |
| | * Roosevelt, Theodore. ''The Naval War of 1812'' (1882). [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9104 eText at Project Gutenberg] | | * Roosevelt, Theodore. ''The Naval War of 1812'' (1882). [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9104 eText at Project Gutenberg] |
| | * Skaggs, David Curtis. ''Thomas Mcdonough: Master of Command in the Early U.S. Navy.'' Naval Institute Press, 2003. 257 pp. | | * Skaggs, David Curtis. ''Thomas Mcdonough: Master of Command in the Early U.S. Navy.'' Naval Institute Press, 2003. 257 pp. |
| − | * Thomas, Evan. ''John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Sailor-American/dp/0743258045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | + | * Thomas, Evan. ''John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy'' (2003) [https://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Jones-Sailor-American/dp/0743258045/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191476384&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Toll, Ian W. ''Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy'' (2006) | | * Toll, Ian W. ''Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy'' (2006) |
| | * Tucker, Spencer C. ''The Jeffersonian Gunboat Navy'' (1993). | | * Tucker, Spencer C. ''The Jeffersonian Gunboat Navy'' (1993). |
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| | * King, Ernest J. ''U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy'' (1946) [http://www.questia.com/read/879281 online edition] | | * King, Ernest J. ''U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy'' (1946) [http://www.questia.com/read/879281 online edition] |
| | * Lindley, John M. ''Carrier Victory: The Air War in the Pacific'' (1978). | | * Lindley, John M. ''Carrier Victory: The Air War in the Pacific'' (1978). |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War'' (1963), one-volume version of his massive 15 vol history (1947-62) of combat operations: | | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War'' (1963), one-volume version of his massive 15 vol history (1947-62) of combat operations: |
| | **''The Battle of the Atlantic: September 1939 - May 1943 | | **''The Battle of the Atlantic: September 1939 - May 1943 |
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| | * Hartmann, Frederick H. ''Naval Renaissance -- The U.S. Navy in the 1980s'' (1990). | | * Hartmann, Frederick H. ''Naval Renaissance -- The U.S. Navy in the 1980s'' (1990). |
| | * Lehman, John F., Jr. ''Command of the Seas: Building the 600 Ship Navy'' (1989). | | * Lehman, John F., Jr. ''Command of the Seas: Building the 600 Ship Navy'' (1989). |
| − | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] | + | * Love, Robert W. ''History of the US Navy: 1942-1991'' (1992) [https://www.amazon.com/History-U-S-Navy-1942-1991-U/dp/0811718638/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191328523&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Marolda, Edward J., and Oscar P. Fitzgerald. ''The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict: From Military Assistance to Combat 1959-1965.'' (1987), 591pp | | * Marolda, Edward J., and Oscar P. Fitzgerald. ''The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict: From Military Assistance to Combat 1959-1965.'' (1987), 591pp |
| | * Muir, Malcolm, Jr. ''Black Shoes and Blue Water: Surface Warfare in the United States Navy, 1945-1975.'' (1996). 348pp | | * Muir, Malcolm, Jr. ''Black Shoes and Blue Water: Surface Warfare in the United States Navy, 1945-1975.'' (1996). 348pp |
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| | * Ryan, Paul B. ''First Line of Defense -- The U.S. Navy Since 1945'' | | * Ryan, Paul B. ''First Line of Defense -- The U.S. Navy Since 1945'' |
| | ===Primary sources=== | | ===Primary sources=== |
| − | * [http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/new-us-navy/ "Teaching With Documents: Launching the New U.S. Navy", National Archives] | + | * [https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/new-us-navy/ "Teaching With Documents: Launching the New U.S. Navy", National Archives] |
| | * [http://www.history.navy.mil/ Naval Historical Center], with index to Action Reports, oral histories and other special reports, photos, teacher lesson plans, and excerpts from a Navy Museum exhibition | | * [http://www.history.navy.mil/ Naval Historical Center], with index to Action Reports, oral histories and other special reports, photos, teacher lesson plans, and excerpts from a Navy Museum exhibition |
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