Title:
Progressives in Navy blue : maritime strategy, American empire, and the transformation of U.S. naval identity, 1873-1898 / Scott Mobley.
Author:
Mobley, Scott, author.
Publication Information:
Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
Call Number:
VA58 .M66 2018
Abstract:
"This study examines how intellectual and institutional developments transformed the U.S. Navy from 1873 to 1898. The agents of naval transformation embraced a progressive ideology. They viewed science, technology, and expertise as the best means to effect change in a world contorted by modernizing and globalizing trends. Two new cultures--Strategy and Mechanism--influenced the course of transformation."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781682471937
Series:
Studies in naval history and sea power
Physical Description:
xii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
"Close hauled, port tack, all plain sail and steam": The culture of the quarterdeck -- "The fleet of to-morrow": Progress and professionalization in the postwar Navy -- "The ocean is a great chess-board": The strategical awakening -- "The essence of intelligence work": Strategy infiltrates the Office of Naval Intelligence -- "A real navy": The war Navy -- "To organize victory in advance": the Naval War College and the culture of strategy -- "The means to the end": The Navy's culture wars, 1887-97 -- "War cannot be made by rule of thumb": Strategic acculturation and practice in the Navy, 1894-97.
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