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Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898 Paperback – Illustrated, August 15, 2013

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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.

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Robert Erwin Johnson was a professor of history at the University of Alabama. He was also the author of Thence Around Cape Horn, Bering Sea Escort and Rear Admiral John Rodgers. He died in 2008.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press; Illustrated edition (August 15, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591144094
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591144090
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches

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A fascinating background book, investigating the structure beneath those sudden appearances of American gunboats in Asian waters in the 19th century, Far China Station offers some intriguing insights into the politics at work, such as Commodore Matthew Perry's desperate attempt to cobble together a flotilla sufficient to scare the Japanese, even though half his boilers didn't work. Although relatively light in swashbuckling detail (one wishes, perhaps, for more on the Americans in the Boshin War, or details of the brave landing party that somehow rescued Chinese prisoners without needing to fire a shot), Johnson's study is rich with archival footnotes pointing the interested researcher at the locations of those all-important musty old logs and journals.