Pacific''s New Navies - An Ocean, Its Wars, and the Making of Us Sea Power

The initial creation of the United States' ocean-going battlefleet - otherwise known as the 'New Navy' - was a result of the naval wars and arms races around the Pacific during the late-nineteenth century. Using a transnational methodology, Thomas Jamison spotlights how US Civil War-era innovations catalyzed naval development in the Pacific World, creating a sense that the US Navy was falling behind regional competitors. As the industrializing 'newly-made navies' of Chile, Peru, Japan, and China raced against each other, Pacific dynamism motivated investments in the US 'New Navy as a matter of security and civilizational prestige. In this provocative exploration into the making of modern US navalism, Jamison provides an analysis of competitive naval build-ups in the Pacific, of the interactions between peoples, ideas, and practices within it, and ultimately the emergence of the US as a major power.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The confederate 'navy to construct'; 2. The Pacific's civil war inheritance; 3. Pacific naval races and the old steam navy; 4. Pacific wars and their lessons; 5. The Californian case for a new navy; 6. The US new navy wins a race - finally; 7. The Sino-Japanese war and new 'yankees' in the Pacific; Conclusion.

About the author

Thomas Jamison is Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School. His work has been published by the Journal of Military History and Technology and Culture.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas M. Jamison, Thomas M. (Naval Postgraduate School Jamison
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009559737
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955973-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, military history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, Diplomacy, History of the Americas, Naval forces and warfare, Pacific Ocean