Ready Seapower: A History of the U.S. Seventh Fleet (Black and White)

by Edward J. Marolda

Book Overview

U.S. interest in the Far East dates from the earliest years of the republic, when American merchant ships sailed across the vast Pacific to ply their trade in the ports of China, the Philippines, Indochina, and the East Indies. Warships of the U.S. Navy followed soon afterward to protect those commercial carriers and to promote American diplomatic interests in Asia.The U.S. Seventh Fleet, successor to the Asiatic Squadron and Asiatic Fleet of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505489385
• ISBN13: 9781505489385
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"