American Naval History

American Naval History by Jack Sweetman. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 2002. 3rd Edition 2nd Printing. Paperback. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 404 Pgs. ISBN 155750430X. LCCN 2001044870. An Illustrated Chronology of the US Navy and Marine Corps, 17775 to Present. Provides concise, year-to-year summaries of events from the Revolution onward. Nearly encyclopedic in coverage and supported by well over 200 illustrations and four indexes, this reference gives readers immediate access to a wealth of material. Compiled and updated since 1984, this chronology explains the consequences of major events and, when appropriate, provides a series of entries to show stages of development and give a sense of continuity. This third edition adds information on the decade from the Gulf war through the turn of the century, a period that included nuclear weapons reductions and the end of the cold War but also saw a focus on littoral warfare, the growing role of women in uniform, air and missile strikes on Iraq, intervention is Somalia, the air war with Yugoslavia, the attack on the USS Cole, and the war in Afghanistan. Description text copyright 2013 BooksForComfort. Item ID 28620.