William B. Cushing in the Far East

A Civil War Naval Hero Abroad, 1865-1869

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Fresh from success in sinking the Albermarle in the Civil War, the young Captain Cushing was assigned to command the gunboat USS Maumee in Hong Kong to aid the restoration of America's naval power in Asia. By linking such aims to British policy, and by courting Chinese and Japanese officials, he succeeded in re-establishing American naval and commercial power in the Far East. In his letters to his fiancee, he brilliantly recorded his travels and observations of people and places (and the difficulties of reconciling his naval career with his devotion to her, whom he married in 1870).

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-25
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786470556

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviPrefaceIntroduction1. The Challenge of a Paciﬁc Empire2. Cushing Embraces a Fredonia Sweetheart3. Route to the Far East by Sail and Steam to Match the Power of Ocean Water4. Cruising on the Troubled Waters of the Far East5. From Tropical Heat to Northern Turbulence6. Wandering Among the Crumbling Remnants of the Celestial Empire7. Imperial Japan8. Surveying the Landscape and the Inhabitants of Japan9. A Lingering Farewell to the Far EastNotesBibliographyIndex

“Full of anecdotes, some amusing and some insightful, this book is likely to prove interesting and informative for anyone interested in American life or naval service in the years immediately following the Civil War”—The NYMAS Review; “very engaging...richly illustrated”—Nautical Research Journal; “a very good and insightful study”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord; “McQuiston...paints an intimate portrait of William B. Cushing”—Western New York Heritage; “in an account based on papers purchased from the estate of the widow of Commander William Barker Cushing, McQuistion traces the subsequent career of the Civil War Union hero”—Reference & Research Book News.