The Pacific's New Navies
An Ocean, its Wars, and the Making of US Sea Power
Author(s): Thomas M. Jamison
Quantity
Pickup available at Cambridge University Press Bookshop
Usually ready in 24 hours
The Pacific's New Navies
Cambridge University Press Bookshop
1-2 Trinity Street
Cambridge CB2 1SZ
United Kingdom
🚚 Please note we can only ship within the UK.
FREE delivery on books (excluding sale).
Delivery for other items is £1.50 - £4.50, calculated at checkout.
T&Cs apply.
Free click & collect on all orders.
The initial creation of the United States' ocean-going battlefleet – otherwise known as the 'New Navy' – was a result of the naval wars and arms races around the Pacific during the late-nineteenth century. Using a transnational methodology, Thomas Jamison spotlights how US Civil War-era innovations catalyzed naval development in the Pacific World, creating a sense that the US Navy was falling behind regional competitors. As the industrializing 'newly-made navies' of Chile, Peru, Japan, and China raced against each other, Pacific dynamism motivated investments in the US 'New Navy as a matter of security and civilizational prestige. In this provocative exploration into the making of modern US navalism, Jamison provides an analysis of competitive naval build-ups in the Pacific, of the interactions between peoples, ideas, and practices within it, and ultimately the emergence of the US as a major power.
- Evaluates the link between naval programs in the Pacific and the emergence of the US Navy as a global power
- Reveals how relatively weak powers disproportionately shaped global naval development during a period of technological change and globalization
- Crafts a truly international history using primary sources in three languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese
Choose options