Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy Volume 66

by Benjamin F Armstrong and Benjamin Armstrong

Book Overview

Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding pirate camps, attacking enemy ships in the dark of night, and striking enemy facilities and resources on shore. Even John Paul Jones, father of the American navy, saw such irregular operations as critical to naval warfare. With Jones's own experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806168706
• ISBN13: 9780806168708
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"