Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy

by David Curtis Skaggs

Hailed for his decisive victory over a Royal Navy squadron on Lake Erie in September 1813 and best known for his after-action report proclamation We have met the enemy and they are ours, Oliver Hazard Perry was one the early U.S. Navy's most famous heroes. In this modern, scholarly reassessment of the man and his career, Professor David Skaggs emphasizes Perry s place in naval history as an embodiment of the code of honor, an exemplar of combat courage,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591147921
• ISBN13: 9781591147923
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.9"