On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy [Paperback]

InOn Seas of Glory, the U.S. Navy meets a storyteller worthy of its noble history. Former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman gives a sweeping narrative of the service's illustrious past, from the Revolutionary War to the present day, filled with the ships that dominated the seas, equally titanic personalities, and the battles that made history.
Lehman profiles naval greats from John Paul Jones to William Bull Halsey, as well as the lesser-known sailors who have made the U.S. Navy the mightiest in the world, using diaries, memoirs, and letters to reveal naval combat as though firsthand. He also highlights the warships that have dominated the seas of their day and the battles in which they fought -- illustrated by detailed maps, woodcuts, paintings, and never-before-published photographs.
With this chronicle of selfless sacrifice and awesome courage on the war-swept seas around the world, Lehman reminds us that the legends chronicled in these pages were real men and women, that the navy they fought for still sails, and that today their heroism is needed more than ever.John Lehman, shown here while an aviator in the naval reserve, was appointed Secretary of the Navy by Ronald Reagan. He is the founding partner of J. F. Lehman & Company, and the chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation. He lives in Manhattan and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER ITHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Nicholas Biddle;H.M.S. Jersey;John Barry; John Paul Jones; Valcour Island; Francois de Grasse; Virginia Capes

CHAPTER IITHE PRIVATEERS

The Revolution; Congress;Fair American;George Lehman; Dr. Drowne; Stephen Girard; The War of 1812;General Armstrongand Andrew Jackson; The Civil War

CHAPTER IIIWAR WITH THE BERBER PASHAS AND REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

Joshua Humphreys; Horatio Nelson; Subscription Ships;Essex;Stephen Decatur Jr.