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Contents
- 1. An Ad Hoc Navy: The Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
- 2. Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783–1809)
- 3. An American Navy Confirmed: The War of 1812
- 4. A Constabulary Navy: Pirates, Slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820–1850)
- 5. Steam and Iron: The Civil War Navy (1850–1865)
- 6. The Doldrums and The New Navy (1865–1900)
- 7. A Navy Second to None: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900–1939)
- 8. The Two-Ocean Navy: The U.S. Navy in World War II (1939–1945)
- 9. Confronting the Soviets: The Cold War Navy (1945–1975)
- 10. The U.S. Navy in the Twenty-First Century
