Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet - Hardcover

Reckner, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087021697X ISBN 13: 9780870216978

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1988

Synopsis

Drawing on previously untapped sources, naval historian James Reckner provides a complete picture of the fleet that thrust the United States into the ranks of great world naval powers. His fresh interpretations of the fleet's historic 1907-09 world cruise, which won him the 1989 Roosevelt Naval History Prize, allow today's readers to fully appreciate the significance of the famous fleet that set sail during Teddy Roosevelt's second term as president. Reckner recreates the colorful pageantry of the event--sixteen U.S. battleships on a fourteen-month voyage around the world--that drew thousands of sightseers at every port of call, but his main emphasis is on the cruise's long-range impact on the Navy. He shows how the cruise revealed the fleet's shortcomings and forced the naval establishment to acknowledge the faults and make concessions that eventually led to permanent benefits.

About this title

About the Author:

Reckner teaches military history and directs the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 087021697X
• ISBN 13: 9780870216978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 221