Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet: American Sea Power Comes of Age

xviii, 271 pp. "In 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" of sixteen battleships arrived back in the United States from its epic voyage. The homecoming marked the completion of a technological triumph: the first circumnavigation of the globe by a fleet of steam-driven warships. ...Roosevelt turns up repeatedly in the history of the U.S. Navy during this important period. ...examines this crucial period in naval history with particular attention to Roosevelt's profound influence."--jacket