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Praise for George C. DaughansIf By Sea

If By Sea... stretches well beyond the War of Independence to include two post-Revolutionary periods that were critical in the establishment of a credible U.S. Navy.

The Weekly Standard

[A] detailed, well-written book.... The author succeeds in recounting several lesser-known naval actions in an engaging style that will hold the general readers interest. This history will appeal to audiences interested in naval operations who seek a synthesis of specialized studies and the abundant documentary record.

International Journal of Maritime History

By interweaving the story of the navys inception with the military and political dynamics of the era, Daughan has produced a unique and original work.

New England Quarterly

Daughan tells his story well.... I hereby submit a summer reading plan, a short course in American naval history, using readily available books. Begin with Daughans overview.

Michigan War Studies Review

If By Sea is a commendable book in concept and accurately accounts for the development of the American Navy in the context of ongoing Revolutionary events.... This work is a praiseworthy addition to American naval history.

Charleston Post and Courier(SC)

[A] colorful and detailed naval history of a fledgling maritime nation uncertain about how to defend itself against powerful enemies in the countrys crucial first 40 years from 1775 to 1815.... [A] thorough and dramatic treatment.

Times Record(Brunswick, ME)

The book has many strengths. Daughan is entirely successful in providing requisite background and context for events and issues. His history of the Revolutionary War is so thorough that a novice would have no trouble following both the events and the subsequent policy arguments.... [A] thoughtful and engrossing overview of American naval history from 1775 to 1815.

Journal of Southern History

A deftly written, thoroughly enjoyable book that provides a fascinating look at sea power in early America.... Daughan deserves considerable credit for integrating naval history into an overall treatment of the war, and for introducing his readers to a cast of relatively unknown characters.... If By Sea is a masterful narrative that will be of interest to the general reader, as well as the student of American history.

Providence Journal-Bulletin

The reader must stand in awe of Daughans command of specific glittering incidents and individuals in the context of his abiding overall knowledge of naval, military, political, economic, and social developments across the Atlantic world from 1775 to 1815.... [An] important, substantive book.

Portland Press-Herald(ME)

If By Sea by George C. Daughan covers the Navys first forty years with authority, clarity, and detail. He puts the famous namesJohn Paul Jones, Oliver Hazard Perryin context, while bringing othersincluding dozens of Revolutionary War figures, hitherto unknown to meto light. He shows how the military, like any other large organization, lurches and learns over time, from blunders, missed opportunities, and general snafu, until those moments when the right men are at headquarters and in the field, and everything gloriously clicks.

Richard Brookhiser, author ofGeorge Washington on LeadershipandWhat Would the Founders Do?

Thoroughly researched, excellent maps, pleasure to read. For Royal Navy researchers as well as U.S. Navy ones.

Naval-History.net

Not just a rigorous, steady-going chronological history, but also a cogent analysis of the genesis of a defense strategy.

Kirkus Reviews

If By Sea illuminates the tangled and contested origins of American naval power better than any other book in recent memory. Daughan has a sharp eye for detail as well as a firm grasp of the big picture. His writing combines passionate conviction with a deep knowledge of seamanship in a way reminiscent of Samuel Eliot Morison. This is a book I will read again.

Edwin G. Burrows, co-author ofGotham

Thought-provoking reading for specialists in the naval history of the early American republic and a good introduction to the subject for the uninitiated.... Daughan tells the story of the Continental army from a strategic vantage point and on the basis that the wars outcome rested on the fate of the army. At critical j unctures he asks, where was the Continental navy, and how could it have supported the army?

Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

Daughan brings a long academic career and solid command of his sources to this provocative history of the origins of the U.S. Navy.

Publishers Weekly

This is a book for those who like their history braced by serious thinkingand spiced by action. George Daughan makes us realize just how complicated it was for Americans to acquire a navyand keep onefor the first three decades of our national existence. Simultaneously he grips us with vivid narratives of what these mostly forgotten sailors accomplished.

Thomas Fleming, author ofThe Perils of Peace: Americas Struggle to Survive after Yorktown

This stout tome will probably stand for some time as the best single-volume history of the roots of the U.S. Navy.

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FOR KAY WITH LOVE

The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence, or veiled in fable, and perhaps the world may have lost but little which it need regret. [But] the origin and outset of the American Republic contains lessons of which posterity ought not to be deprived.

James Madison

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