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

By: W.W. Norton & Company

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (W.W. Norton & Company)

Last Stocked on 10/14/2023

Product Info

Title
Six Frigates - The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Category
Author
Ian W. Toll
Publish Year
2008
Pages
560
Dimensions
6.125x9.125x1.75"
NKG Part #
2147608997
Type
Softcover

Description

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.