Making waves : politics, propaganda, and the emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922 / by Schencking, J. Charles

Table of Contents: “…Maritime dreams, Meiji realities, 1868-1878 -- Parochialism and empire: Satsuma, the South Seas, and naval expansion, 1878-1889 -- Political baptism by fire: the Navy and the early Diet Sessions, 1890-1894 -- The rich rewards and rivalry of war, 1894-1904 -- War, pageantry, and propaganda in the service of naval expansion, 1905-1910 -- Coercion, pragmatism, and interservice rivalry: elite-level politics and naval expansion, 1910-1913 -- The rise and fall of Navy political fortunes, 1913-1914 -- Opportunism, expansion, and limitation: the Imperial Navy and Japan's Great War, 1914-1922.…”
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Command Under Sail : Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1775-1850. by Bradford, James C.

Table of Contents: “…[CONTENTS]; Illustrations; Preface; The Struggle for Independence; Esek Hopkins: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy; John Paul Jones: Honor and Professionalism; John Barry: A Most Fervent Patriot; Baptism by Fire; Edward Preble and the ""Boys"": The Officer Corps of 1812 Revisited; William S. …”
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