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(More customer reviews)This is a good overview of the US Navy, from its inception until the mid-1980s. It's very easy to read, even for early teens. There are plenty of illustrations and photos, many in colour, although I doubt there is anything here that you can't find in other books.
If you're looking for a solid, introductory-level book on the US Navy, and its role in US history, this is a very good choice. This is no Thomas Mahan tome, and for most people, that's a good thing. Serious history students will want to look at more comprehensive treatments, but I would recommend this for almost anyone else.
For reference, from the inside dustcover:
"The US Navy is the largest and most powerful navy the world has yet seen. This superbly illustrated and incisive history traces its development from the hastily improvised Continental Navy, assembled at the beginning of the American War of Independence, to the formidable maritime arm of the 1980s, possessing a truly global capability to protect the US and its interests. Forged in the fight for independence, the US Navy came of age in the Civil War, harnessing the Industrial Revolution to meet the demands of modern sea power. It was the major instrument of victory in the Pacific war against Japan, turning the tide of the war at Midway in June 1942 and carrying the Pacific drive across vast tracts of ocean to the enemy islands. In the postwar era the US Navy has remained in the forefront of technical excellence, pioneering nuclear power in surface ships and submarines and, in a remarkable reversal of history, resurrecting the battleship. Over 200 years separate the daring commerce raiders of the 1770s from the massive nuclear-powered attack carrier and the formidable `Ohio' class fleet ballistic missile submarines, but they all form part of a living tradition which makes the US Navy the seaborne shield of the Free World.
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