Bøger af C. Douglas Kroll

When Ellsworth P. Bertholf was court-martialed and dismissed from the Naval Academy for a hazing incident, no one could have predicted his future greatness. This biography of the man who has been called the saviour of the Coast Guard offers a revealing portrait not only of Bertholf but also of the formative years of the Coast Guard itself.

Great friendship existed between the United States and Imperial Russia during the nineteenth century. The Old World Russian autocracy supported the young New World democracy because of the emerging U.S. role as a bulwark against Great Britain's ambitions, in Asia and in the North Pacific Ocean region especially.