Manila and Santiago : the new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War / Jim Leeke.
Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612514147 (e-book)
- 9781591144649
- United States. Navy -- History -- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Ships, Iron and steel -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Naval operations, American
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Cuba -- Santiago de Cuba
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Philippines -- Manila
- Warships -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900
- 973.8/945 22
- E727 .L44 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
pt. 1. Thirty-three years (1865-98) -- Fort Fisher -- The doldrums -- The Commodore -- The Maine -- Inquiry -- pt. 2. Manila -- Hong Kong -- Cruisers -- "God of victories" -- Magistrate and monk -- "Perfect line of battle" -- pt. 3. Santiago -- "Fighting Bob" -- Cervera -- Battleships -- The crossing -- Cienfuegos -- The Merrimac -- Blockade -- "God and the gunners" -- "Big enough for all" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Comparative squadron strength, Manila Bay -- Appendix B: Comparative fleet strength, Santiago de Cuba.
Description based on print version record.
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