01106nam a22001697a#4500001000700000007000300007008004100010020001800051050001700069245003800086260006100124300001000185520066500195650002700860650002600887700002300913823915tz170124t2016    th ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781118927939  aE182 b.A454  aAmerica, sea power, and the world  aChichester, UK ; Malden, MA :bJohn Wiley & Sons,c2016.  a379 p  aThis survey of American naval history features original chapters from key scholars in the field that trace the relationship between the American Navy and the position of the United States on the global political stage over the past 250 years.  Places equal weight on the influence of major wartime campaigns and naval efforts to defend and expand America’s political and economic interests during times of peace  Includes an array of illustrations and 56 new maps, seamlessly integrated within each chapter  Each chapter features sidebars with biographical sketches of influential leaders and descriptions of weapons and technological developments of the era  aAmerican naval history  aAmerica’s political  aBradford, James C.