During the American Revolutionary War, Great Britain's Royal Navy faced foes that included, in addition to American forces, the navies of France, Spain and the

This carefully researched account of a lesser-known but vital aspect of the American war for independence chronicles exciting ship-to-ship battles, Benedict Arn

An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy's impressment of American ships and mariners.

In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their right

WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE • “A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—