An Ocean in Common: American Naval Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean Environment
β Scribed by Gary E. Weir
- Publisher
- TAMU Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 424
- Series
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Through two world conflicts and the Cold War, the US Navy and American ocean scientists drew closer, converting a marriage of necessity into a relationship of achievement. Beginning in 1919, this study traces the first 42 years of their joint quest to understand each other and the deep ocean.
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