Rise of American Naval PowerPrinceton University Press, 08/12/2015 - 422 من الصفحات Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. |
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... naval development to internal politics ; or of the impact of American naval power and policy on international politics ... affairs and international crises had frequently stimulated naval devel- opment during the nineteenth century . But ...
... affairs ” of the Confederation between sessions of Congress , and this " Com- mittee of the States " was expressly empowered " to build and equip a navy . " But it could take no step toward this end until nine or more of the thirteen ...
... NAVAL POLICY IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL Struggle While the fragmentary records of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1787 contain very few references to naval affairs , and no extended discussions of the subject whatever , the work of that ...
... navy . A navy was an instrument of imperial ambition.21 It would place a heavy financial burden upon the people.22 And it would be an unnecessary burden , for such was the " condition of European affairs , that it would be unsafe for ...
... naval power , but also as an important stage in the evolution of American naval policy . The scattered references to naval affairs in this period , when assembled , reveal two antithetical patterns of thought which have persisted down ...