American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present

"This new edition adds further information about the decade from the Gulf War through the turn of the century, a period that included nuclear weapons reductions, the end of the Cold War, and Operation Sea Angel, a humanitarian action credited with saving thirty thousand lives. The decade also saw a focus on littoral warfare, recurrent air and missile strikes on Iraq, the ill-starred intervention in Somalia, and the restoration of democracy in Haiti. Along with these events, Dr. Sweetman discusses the growing role of women in uniform, emergency evacuations of American citizens from trouble spots abroad, the rescue of Scott O'Grady, the air war with Yugoslavia, the controversy over Vieques, the recovery of the CSS Hunley, the tragic attack on the USS Cole, and the war in Afghanistan."--BOOK JACKET.