If by sea : the forging of the american navy-- from the american revolution to the war of 18121/20/2024 ![]() ![]() He does bring up some of the deficiencies in the Royal Navy leadership during the Revolution I personally am not convinced the whale boats and row galleys would have worked as he theorizes. However his constant harping on whale boats and row galleys and how they could have defeated the Royal Navy gets tiring. He feels the Navy should have been put under Washington and been mainly a brown water, to use modern terminology, navy. Daughan is highly critical of the decisions of the Continental Congress' decision to create a deep water Navy and the strategy behind that decision. The author goes into great detail on the differences in philosophy between the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. While he does cover the battles the Navy fought during those 40 yrs, I thought this is more of a political history of the Navy. Mr Daughan covers events from the Revolution thru the War of 1812. I thought this was an interesting look at the beginnings of the US Navy. ![]()
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