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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Early Attempts to Revise the Merchant MarineAgents of Maritime Change; The Maritime Revolution; Patterns of World Trade; The Navy and the Merchant Marine; Factors in the Revival of the Merchant Marine; The Changing Maritime Order; Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet; Taft, Wilson, Conspiracy, and the Lobbies; Storm Warnings; 4. World War I Maritime Policy and the National Security: 1914-1919; The Wilsonian Approach; The Effects of War in Europe; The Sinking of the Lusitania; The United States Enters the War; U.S. Shipping in the Postwar World; The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 |
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The Aftermath of the Wilson Administration5. The Years between the Wars: 1919-1939; The Legacy of World War I; Postwar Policy; The Postwar Depression in Shipping; Achievement and Equilibrium; International Maritime Agreements; Revival of the Subsidy Question; The Impact of the Great Depression; The Roosevelt Administration; The New Deal; 6. The Contribution of U.S. Shipbuilding and the Merchant Marine to the Second World War; The Merchant Marine on the Eve of War; The United States Prepares for War; Productivity; Incentives; Appraisal of Shipbuilding; Manning the Merchant Fleet |
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Protection of Merchant ShipsConvoying; Shipping the Supplies: Neutral Shipping; Lend-Lease; War Shipping; Appraisal of Ship Operations; Summary and Overview; 7. American Maritime Power since World War II; The Cold War; Return to Traditional Supports; The Age or Détente; U.S. Initiative on the International Scene; Response at the National Level; The Innovations of Business and Labor; 8. The Shipbuilding Industry. A Summary of Developments and Commentary; The Lessons of Maritime History; The Crucial Questions |
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Print version record |
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Merchant marine -- United States -- History
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Shipbuilding -- United States -- History
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Shipping -- United States -- History
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Merchant marine
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Shipbuilding
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Shipping
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429707179 |
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0429707177 |
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