19th century history
A01=Robert Erwin Johnson
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Columbus
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diplomatic affairs
East India Squadron
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Far East
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Language_English
naval affairs
Old Navy
Olympia
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Palos
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U.S. Navy
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- ISBN 9781591144090
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 262g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 2013
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Far China Station was the first work to put nineteenth century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective. Johnson examines the origins of the East India Squadron, defines its import role in the implementation of foreign policy and describes the dangers routinely faced by the squadron's ships and sailors. Great and gallant ships move through the pages from the famous Olympia and the majestic Columbus to the plodding Palos. Naval heroes and the not-so-great, angry mobs, Japanese rebels, leaky boilers, imperious officials and infirm admirals are set against a background of uncertain anchorages, storms at sea, and the ravages of disease in the last years of the Old Navy.
Robert Erwin Johnson was a professor of history at the University of Alabama, USA. He was also the author of Thence Around Cape Horn, Bering Sea Escort and Rear Admiral John Rodgers. He died in 2008.
