Forging the Trident: Theodore Roosevelt and the United States Navy (Studies in Naval History and Sea Power)

Product Description
Although Theodore Roosevelt has been the subject of numerous books, there has not been a single volume that traces Roosevelt's interaction with the U.S. Navy from his work as a naval historian in the 1880s through his leadership of the Navy as president in the early twentieth century. The editors of this volume fill in this gap in the historical literature.
Each essay in this collection by leading historians of American naval history will cover one aspect of Roosevelt's relationship with the Navy while addressing the unifying theme of his use of history and America's naval heritage to advocate for strengthening and modernizing the Navy during his own lifetime.
In addition to the book editors, contributors are: Sarah Goldberger, James R. Holmes, David Kohnen, Branden Little, Jon Scott Logel, Edward J. Marolda, Kevin D. McCranie, Matthew Oyos, Jason W. Smith, and Craig L. Symonds.
Review
"Reading
Forging the Trident is like sitting alone with gifted historians and informed communicators telling you about how a great president served as a key architect of the modern Navy at the beginning of the last century. Editors Hattendorf and Leeman have succeeded in designing an indispensable edition -- and addition -- to the Roosevelt bookshelf."
--Navy Reads
"This collection adds to the relatively few books on Roosevelt and the Navy. The conclusion of the authors and editors is sound: Roosevelt was the nation's foremost advocate for a modern navy. He pressed for education reform, personnel management based on merit, the adoption of new technology, lateral thinking, and more."
--American Nineteenth Century History
--John Lyman Book Award honorable mention in the category of "U.S. Naval History."
"This important book traces the role of Theodore Roosevelt in building and sustaining and setting the conditions for the US Navy moonshot at the end of the 19th Century, culminating in the Great White Fleet."
--The Navy
"Hattendorf and Leeman's
Forging the Trident succeeds in organizing a fascinating glimpse into how Theodore Roosevelt, by his idiosyncratic intelligence and personality, largely steered America's 'ship of state' into the era of the modern navy."
--The Northern Mariner
"Tracing Roosevelt's trajectory from naval enthusiast, to naval historian, to visionary architect of the early twentieth century United States Navy, to commander in chief of the Great White Fleet,
Forging the Trident reveals the extent to which Roosevelt's outsized personality shaped both the course of American naval affairs and the very character of the Navy itself. A significant contribution to the Roosevelt historiography, Leeman and Hattendorf's erudite volume opens up previously uncharted waters to greater historical scrutiny."
--New Books Network
"
Forging the Trident is an essential read for students of American sea power in the twentieth century."
--StrategyPage
"This fascinating overview of the relationship between a transformational politician and a navy has much to offer those who wish to see contemporary governments and ministers engaged more effectively with the needs of their Navy."
--The Naval Review
"Central to his foreign policy, to his plans for building an efficient, professional national government, and to his vision of the United States as a world power, the navy loomed large in the career and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. And Roosevelt--as scholar, dabbler, bureaucrat, visionary and president, shaped the the modern U.S. Navy like few others. Assembling a wide range of deeply researched, engagingly written essays, Forging the Trident explores every aspect of Roosevelt's relationship with the Navy, illuminating at once the development of Roosevelt's career and of the service he loved. A valuable addition to both military and political history!"
--Bruce J. Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor of History, Boston University
"Numerous writers have commented on Theodore Roosevelt's dealings with