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Title	:	Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
Author	:	Ian W. Toll
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 560 pages
Published	:	October 17th 2006 by W. W. Norton Company (first published October 2nd 2006)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. War. Military Fiction. Military. Military History. Naval History

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How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy. Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The foundersparticularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adamsdebated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian. According to Henry Adams, the 1812 encounter between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere "raised the United States in one half hour to the rank of a first class power in the world." 16 pages of illustrations; 8 pages of color.

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Original Title:	Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
ISBN:	0393058476 (ISBN13: 9780393058475)
Edition Language:	English

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There is something in all of us that thrills to the sea. The vast oceans cover 70% of Earth's surface, eternal and everchanging. They are the highways of the world's commerce, the source of a great power's strength and prosperity, and a site where desperate battles fought, and heroic deeds done. In a swift and deeply sourced history, Toll brings alive the character of the period, and the role of the American Navy at the dawn of this country. The Navy is specified in the constitution, but a naval

The early history of the US navy's frigates, and their successes against the French, the British and especially the Barbary pirates were a staple of history classes when I was in public schools. This is an unabashedly US-centric view of those events. It's a history, though, not a celebration and makes no bones about how mixed the record was in the end. The most interesting parts to me were not the battles (which I generally remembered) but the logistics--the political, financial and engineering

This book covers the early days of the U.S. Navy, from its founding to its actions in the War of 1812. The story begins with the bill that Congress passed to construct six frigates to deal with the Barbary pirates, and the book follows the ships' design, construction, and notable actions throughout their careers, which included the Quasi-War with France, the war against the Barbary pirates, and the War of 1812. The book also covers related historical events to provide interesting context, such

Summary: Toll's history offers a detailed and comprehensive look at how the early American navy embodied the U.S. Constitution's defense of common rights.In the campaign to ratify the U.S. Constitution, one argument advanced by proponents of the document is that it would create a stronger federal government better equipped to defend the nascent republic from foreign belligerents.The prescience of this thesis is borne out in Ian W. Tolls book, Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Foundation of

Magnificent! Reading this vivid, riveting 5 Star account of the US Navys birth was often like having a movie playing in my head. The battle scenes are just perfectly done. Even the 3 day escape of the Constitution from a squadron of British warships was tense and spellbinding, although no significant battle occurred. While the main focus is the US Navy, the performance of the British Navy is recounted in detail in the final third of the book, making this a very good reference for historians of

4.5 stars (I could probably be talked into 5)This book was awesome. It wasn't just a book about 6 ships; it was American history thru that lens. It is exciting and kept me engaged the whole time. Well written and researched. The only deduction (if there is one) is something Toll explains in the beginning. He can't spend the whole book describing nautical terms so he doesn't unless it's really important. So a lot of the time I didn't quite know what he was talking about. I still don't know what a

Six Frigates shows us how the interplay of politics and wars led to the establishment of a permanent US Navy. Toll, often in graphic detail, describes the Quasi-War against the French, the war against the Barbary Pirates and the War of 1812. Beyond these battles Toll also takes us to those between the Federalists and the Republicans, between Adams and Jefferson, and between a seafaring internationally focused New England and an agrarian locally focused South. The political arguments sound