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Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898

Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898

Johnson, Robert Erwin

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Asian HistoryNaval History

Publisher Price: $33.95

ISBN10: 1591144094
ISBN13: 9781591144090
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Aug 15 2013
Pages: 322
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Far China Station was the first work to put nineteenth century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective. Johnson examines the origins of the East India Squadron, defines its import role in the implementation of foreign policy and describes the dangers routinely faced by the squadron's ships and sailors. Great and gallant ships move through the pages from the famous Olympia and the majestic Columbus to the plodding Palos. Naval heroes and the not-so-great, angry mobs, Japanese rebels, leaky boilers, imperious officials and infirm admirals are set against a background of uncertain anchorages, storms at sea, and the ravages of disease in the last years of the Old Navy.

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