作者:
Ian W·Toll 出版社: W. W. Norton 副标题: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy 出版年: 2006-10-02 页数: 560 定价: USD 27.95 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780393058475
How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy.
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the ...
How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy.
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The founders—particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams—debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.
From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger 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 a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian. According to Henry Adams, the 1812 encounter between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere "raised the United States in one half hour to the rank of a first class power in the world." 16 pages of illustrations; 8 pages of color.
南飞
中信出版社2019版
愿做一书虫
中信出版社2019版
0 有用 schweik 2019-07-08 02:07:56
一定要再去看看宪法号
0 有用 照叶 2020-11-12 17:41:34
朗读者：Stephen Lang；四星。美国建国初期的共和党人极力反对建军，好不容易搞起来的海军几条船也要让它们烂在港口里。结果在1812年战争中陆军/民兵各种丢脸，只有海军挣回点面子。后人看来肯定觉得他们太傻太天真。但是军队存在的意义究竟是什么，如何防止它产生各种问题，大多数人可能想都没想过。
0 有用 shadows 2019-08-10 09:59:57
I’d like to join the navy if I could have a second time choice.