Ebook: Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders

[CONTENTS]; Preface; Acknowledgments; Esek Hopkins; John Paul Jones; Stephen Decatur; Oliver Hazard Perry; Robert F. Stockton; Matthew Calbraith Perry; David Glasgow Farragut; Raphael Semmes; David Dixon Porter; Stephen B. Luce; Alfred Thayer Mahan; George Dewey; William Sowden Sims; William A. Moffett; Ernest J. King; Chester W. Nimitz; William F. Halsey; Arleigh Burke; Hyman G. Rickover; Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.; Contributors; Index.;This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental Navy of the American Revolution to the nuclear Navy of the Cold War.