| Publication |
2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
On 16 December 1907 President Teddy Roosevelt launched the deployment
of sixteen brand-new, glistening white, steam-powered battleships on a
fourteen-month circumnavigation of the globe.
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Later known as the "Great
White Fleet," the armada demonstrated America's new ability to project its
power abroad and represented a turning point in global power politics. The
cruise is still widely recognized as an important achievement for the U.S. Navy.
In the century since then, in which the United States has emerged as the world's
sole superpower, its navy has made some strides in transforming itself for the
purpose of dealing with new and emerging global threats. It continues to face
such challenges, and it remains to be seen how effective it will be with its ongoing transformation.
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