American naval history: a very short introduction

An ad hoc navy: the Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Establishing an American navy: the age of sail (1783-1809)

An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812

A constabulary navy: pirates, slavers, and manifest destiny (1820-1850)

Steam and iron: the Civil War navy (1850-1865)

The doldrums and the new navy (1865-1900)

A navy second to none: the U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939)

The two-ocean navy: the U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945)

Confronting the Soviets: the Cold War Navy (1945-1975)

U.S. Navy in the twenty-first century.