Armed Bluejackets Ashore - Lawry, Nelson
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"... well written, authoritative, and very well-illustrated. It offers enough detail for the experts and enough action for the casual reader." - National Maritime Historical Society In a series of imperial adventures in the mid- to late nineteenth century, often in cooperation with the Royal Navy, the United States Navy put armed landing parties ashore in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Their purpose was chiefly to protect Americans and their national interests, but such parties also served to safeguard international communities against the "savage hordes" of "uncivilized"…mehr

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"... well written, authoritative, and very well-illustrated. It offers enough detail for the experts and enough action for the casual reader." - National Maritime Historical Society In a series of imperial adventures in the mid- to late nineteenth century, often in cooperation with the Royal Navy, the United States Navy put armed landing parties ashore in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Their purpose was chiefly to protect Americans and their national interests, but such parties also served to safeguard international communities against the "savage hordes" of "uncivilized" nations. The following century saw landings against more developed nations such as Mexico and Russia. Specially designed light field guns carried aboard gunboats and larger warships sometimes supported the bluejackets and marines, customarily when larger parties more likely to face sharp actions went ashore. In Armed Bluejackets Ashore, Nelson Lawry explores in meticulous detail a subject area barely considered in previous American naval histories: that of US Navy landing guns. From the bronze Dahlgren muzzleloading smoothbore howitzer deployed extensively during and after the Civil War, to the final 3-inch naval landing gun, the Mark XI, which likely saw use in the Philippines during 1942, this book chronicles the history and characteristics of every model of US Navy landing gun in service between 1850 and 1942. It is an account of a largely forgotten but fascinating part of US naval ordnance development, evolved in the exciting context of interdepartmental wrangling, coercive diplomacy, swashbuckling military adventure, and actual combat.
Autorenporträt
Philadelphia-born Nelson H. Lawry holds a PhD in cell biology from the City University of New York. Thereafter he received a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research at the University of Rochester. Lawry has been a columnist for two newspapers, writing on local history, the history of technology, and the freshwater environment. For his lengthy feature article on the rapacious harvesting of the New Hampshire coastal virgin forest, he won the 1993 John M. Collier Award for Forest History Journalism. Both solely and collaborating with others, he has researched and written extensively on American and British harbor defense and coast artillery. Timber boxed pony truss bridges are rare survivors of time that have also piqued his writing interest. An avid photographer, Nelson Lawry resides in rural New Hampshire.