Admirals of the new steel navy : makers of the American naval tradition, 1880-1930

"This collection of interpretive, biographical essays on the admirals of the new steel navy continues the story of the development of the Amercian naval tradition. In this new volume the focus is on the years between 1880 and 1930, a period marked by exceptional change in the United States. [...] The essays trace the emergence of the modern U.S. Navy by examining the lives of thirteen naval officers: Stephen B. Luce; Alfred Thayer Maham; Robley D. Evans; French Ensor Chadwick; Bradley Allen Fiske; William T. Sampson; Winfield Scott Schley; George Dewey; Henry T. Mayo; William Sowden Sims; William Shepherd Benson; Mark Lambert Bristol; William A. Moffett."--Provided by the publisher.