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Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet by James R. Reckner (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNaval Institute Press

ISBN-101557509727

ISBN-139781557509727

eBay Product ID (ePID)1797715

Product Key Features

Book TitleTeddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Naval, Military / General

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorJames R. Reckner

Book SeriesBluejacket Bks.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal359/.00973

SynopsisDrawing on previously untapped sources, naval historian James Reckner provides a complete picture of the fleet that thrust the United States into the ranks of great world naval powers. His fresh interpretations of the fleet's historic 1907-09 world cruise, which won him the 1989 Roosevelt Naval History Prize, allow today's readers to fully appreciate the significance of the famous fleet that set sail during Teddy Roosevelt's second term as president. Reckner recreates the colorful pageantry of the event--sixteen U.S. battleships on a fourteen-month voyage around the world--that drew thousands of sightseers at every port of call, but his main emphasis is on the cruise's long-range impact on the Navy. He shows how the cruise revealed the fleet's shortcomings and forced the naval establishment to acknowledge the faults and make concessions that eventually led to permanent benefits.

LC Classification NumberVA58