USS Olympia : Herald of Empire,9781557501486

USS Olympia : Herald of Empire

by Cooling, B. Franklin; Cooling, Benjamin Franklin
ISBN13: 9781557501486
ISBN10: 1557501483
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Naval Inst Pr
List Price: $39.53

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Summary

This vibrant history of the cruiser Olympia pays tribute to the ship and her crew.

Author Biography

Benjamin Franklin Cooling is a professor of grand strategy and mobilization at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (National Defense University) in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
A New Navy for an Expansive Nation
1(27)
The Queen of the Pacific
28(30)
The Heroes of Manila Bay
58(29)
Herald of Empire
87(26)
Flagship in a Great White Fleet
113(34)
In Reserve
147(31)
Interventionism and the First World War
178(32)
Final Honors and a Last Hurrah
210(21)
Notes 231(26)
Bibliography 257(10)
Index 267

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