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Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy

by Benjamin Armstrong

Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding pirate camps, attacking enemy ships in the dark of night, and striking enemy facilities and resources on shore. Even John Paul Jones, father of the American navy

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

280

ISBN

9780806168708