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Lafayette, General Marquis de (French), 18 Napoleonic wars, 20, 24, 29
Lafitte, Jean, 32 Naval Academy, U.S., 57-58
Lake Champlain: Battle of (Revolutionary War), 14, 16; naval air, beginnings of, 66, 82
Battle of (War of 1812), 30-31 Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees), 82, 91, 105
Lake Erie, Battle of, 27-29 Naval institute, U.s., 58
Lawrence, Captain James (American), 26, 27, 28 Navy Act: of 1794, 20-21; of 1890, 59
League of Nations, 80, 81, 82 Navy, U.s.: birth of, 13; educational renaissance, 57-58;
Lebanon: landings in (1958), 128; terrorist bombing in first naval operations, 13-14; post-Civil War decline of,
(1983),140 57; rise to world power status, 59-67
Lee, General Robert E. (American), 41, 47-48, 49, 54-55 Nelson, Admiral Lord Horatio (British), 24
Lepanto, Battle of, 6-7 New Guinea, battles for (World War 11),107
letters of marque, 32, 156 New Orleans: Battle of (Civil War), 44-45; Battle of
Leyte Gulf, battles for (World War II), 110 (War of 1812), 31
Libya, u.s. attack on (1986), 140-41 Nimitz, Admiral Chester (American): as chief of naval
Lincoin, President Abraham: Civil War strategy of, 42, 47, operations, 119, 128; commander in chief of the Pacific
48, 49; at conclusion of Civil War, 54, 55; Republicans Fleet (World War 11) 97-98, 100-101, 106; decision to
nominate for president, 40, 41 invade Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945, 109, 112, 114
Louisiana Purchase, 24/ 40 Nixon, President Richard, 131, 134, 135
Luce, Commander Stephen (American), 57, 58 Noriega, General Manuel (Panamanian), 138-39
Luftwaffe, German, 85, 90 Normandy, invasion of (World War 11), 91-94. See also
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MacArthur, General Douglas (American): dismissal of,126; North, Colonel Oliver (American), 142
in Korean War, 122, 124-25; in World War 11, 99, 106, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): in Bosnia,
107,109,114 149-50; establislunent of, 120-21
Macdonough, Master Commandant Thomas, 30-31 North Korea, establislunent of, 121
Madison, President James, 24, 25, 28 nuclear submarines: development of, 129; role of in
Maginot Line, 85 cold war, 129
Mahan, Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer (American), 58-59, 61,
65; and Panama Canal, 68, 69 Okinawa, Battle of, 110, 112
Maine, sinking of, 60 Oklahoma City, bombing of Federal Building, 151
Manifest Destiny, 35 open door policy, between United States and China, 67
Manila Bay: Battle of (Spanish-American War), 61--<i2; in Overlord, Operation (World War 11). See Normandy,
World War 11, 99 invasion of (World War II)
Marianas Turkey Shoot. See Philippine Sea, Battle of
Marine Corps, u.s.: birthday of, 13; in Mexico, 35; in packet ships, 33, 40
Tripoli,23 Panama, U.s. intervention in (1989) 138-39
Marshall, Secretary of State George, 120 Panama Canal, 68--<i9
Marshall Plan, 120 Paris, Treaty of: in 1763, 10; in 1783, 19
Mayaguez incident, 136 Patton, General George (American), 90, 93
McKinley, President William, 59, 60 Pearl Harbor: Japanese attack on, 84, 86, 96-98; Japanese
mercantile theory, 7 miscalculations concerning, 96-97
merchant marine, U.s., 24; pre-Civil War, 33 Peleliu, Battle of, 109-10
Mexican War, 34-35 Pentagon, 2001 terrorist attack on, 152
Middle Ages, 6 Pentagon Papers controversy, 135
Midway, Battle of, 101-4 Perry, Commodore Matthew Calbraith (American), 37-38
mine warfare: Iran-Iraq War, 142; Korean War, 125, 126; Perry, Captain Oliver Hazard (American), 28-29; mission
Vietnam War, 135; World War I, 73, 77-78; World War 11, to Venezuela, 32
90,91,93 Persian Gulf, warfare in, 142
Mitchell, General Billy, 82 Philadelphia incident, 22-23
Mobile Bay, Battle of, 52-53 Philippine Sea, Battle of, 108-9
Monitor versus Merrimack, 45-47 Philippines, recapture of (World War II), 109-10
Monroe Doctrine, 67, 156 Phoenicians, 3
Montgomery, Field Marshall Bernard (British), 90, 91 pirates: Caribbean, 32; Mediterranean, 7, 20-24, 31-32
most-favored-nation status, 38 Pitt, Prime Minister William (British), 12
MussoJini, Benito, 81, 90, 95 Polk, President James, 34
Portel~ Admiral David Dixon (American), 32, 44, 48, 57
Nagumo, Admiral Gapanese), 98, 101, 102 Potsdam Declaration (World War II), 113
Napoleon, 24 Preble, Commodore Edward (American), 22-23