Captains contentious : the dysfunctional sons of the brine
2009
923.573 N883 2009 MB
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Title
Captains contentious : the dysfunctional sons of the brine
Published
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2009.
Description
x, 185 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
923.573 N883 2009 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)273823920
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.
Contents: Maritime naval service during the Revolutionary War -- The Continental Army commodore : John Manley -- The Army privateer : Silas Talbot -- The Naval patrician : Dudley Saltonstall -- The lieutenant commodore : Joshua Barney -- Captain Paul : John Paul Jones -- Issues of leadership, personality, and psychology.
L2012G48
Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat--from publisher description.
Contents: Maritime naval service during the Revolutionary War -- The Continental Army commodore : John Manley -- The Army privateer : Silas Talbot -- The Naval patrician : Dudley Saltonstall -- The lieutenant commodore : Joshua Barney -- Captain Paul : John Paul Jones -- Issues of leadership, personality, and psychology.
L2012G48
Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat--from publisher description.
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