Mark russell shulman (5 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. ex Library, book, cover and text in very good condition, binding tight and square spine not cracked, text clean and unmarked, standard library markings.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (United States Navy, Naval Expeditions, Japan) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 239pp, octavo. bookplate, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards, crisp pages, two small price stickers on ffep, Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> The first major American peacetime military buildup (1882?93) created anew navy that inevitably and irreversibly reshaped the nation's role in worldaffairs. Since 1815, America had relied mostly upon Pax Britannica and thecontinent's natural defenses for the protection of national sovereignty. Most ofthe small regular army was scattered along the frontier while the militia re-mained on the books in case of mobilization to protect local order or to fight amajor war. The small United States Navy provided a traditionally balanced de-fense that included commerce-raiding cruisers for an offensive defense, whileboats, coastal batteries, and the local militia provided a defensive defense. Intime of peace, the cruisers policed American trade and performed diplomaticfunctions, and the defensive systems remained on standby, costing little andthreatening no one.…