Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy - Couverture souple

Toll, Ian W

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 039333032X ISBN 13 : 9780393330328

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders--particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams--debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.

From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ian W. Toll is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Conquering Tide, Pacific Crucible, and Six Frigates, winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the William E. Colby Award. He lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 039333032X
• ISBN 13: 9780393330328
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible