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Author:	Craig L. Symonds	Publisher:	Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN-10:	0195171454	Subject:	Military & War
ISBN-13:	9780195171457	Topic:	Navy
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	2005	Condition:	Like New
Special Attributes:	1st Edition

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Length:	378 pages
Height:	9.5 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	24.0 oz.

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Provides detailed narratives of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare and the course of the American nation, including Oliver Hazard Perry's victory at Lake Erie, the Civil War duel between the Monitor and Virginia, Dewey's 1898 triumph in Manila, the World War II victory at Midway, and Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf.

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Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

(Hardcover) From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare—and the course of the American nation.
Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial engagements, showing how each battle reveals the transformation of technology and weaponry from one war to the next; how these in turn transformed naval combat; and how each event marked a milestone in American history.
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"Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History"
by Craig L. Symonds
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400 Pages, Oxford University Press, 2005!
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Oliver Hazard Perry's heroic victory at Lake Erie, one of the last great battles of the Age of Sail, which secured the Northwestern frontier for the United States
The brutal Civil War duel between the ironclads Monitor and Virginia, which sounded the death knell for wooden-hulled warships and doomed the Confederacy's hope of besting the Union navy
Commodore Dewey's stunning triumph at Manila Bay in 1898, where the U.S. displayed its "new navy" of steel-hulled ships firing explosive shells and wrested an empire from a fading European power
The hairsbreadth American victory at Midway, where aircraft carriers launched planes against enemies 200 miles away—and where the tide of World War II turned in the space of a few furious minutes
Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf, where computers, ship-fired missiles, and "smart bombs" not only changed the nature of warfare at sea, but also marked a new era, and a new responsibility, for the United States.
Symonds records these encounters in detail so vivid that readers can hear the wind in the rigging and feel thepounding of the guns. Yet he places every battle in a wide perspective, revealing their significance to America's development as it grew from a new Republic on the edge of a threatening frontier to a global superpower.

Decision at Sea is a powerful and illuminating look at pivotal moments in the history of the Navy and of the United States. It is also a compelling study of the unchanging demands of leadership at sea, where commanders must make rapid decisions in the heat of battle with lives—and the fate of nations—hanging in the balance.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Prologue : naval battles and history   1
Pt. 1   Wooden warships and the Western frontier : the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813   21
Pt. 2   Iron, steam, and national union : the battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862   81
Pt. 3   Armored cruisers and empire : the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898   139
Pt. 4   Naval aviation and world war : the battle of Midway, June 4, 1942   197
Pt. 5   Missile warfare and the American imperium : Operation Praying Mantis : the Persian Gulf, April 18, 1988   263
Epilogue : naval battles and the twenty-first century   321

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Civil War of 1812 Midway Manila Naval Maritime History

Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles by CRAIG L. SYMONDS

Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History