John Paul Jones by Joseph Callo

John Paul Jones by Joseph Callo

This fresh look at America’s first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of the past and the recent, inaccurate deconstructionist views of John Paul Jones’s astonishing life. The author goes beyond a narrow naval context to establish Jones as a key player in the American Revolution, something not done by previous biographers, and explains what drove him to his achievements. At the same time, Admiral Joseph Callo fully examines Jones’s dramatic military achievements—including his improbable victory off Flamborough Head in the Continental ship Bonhomme Richard—but in the context of the times rather than as stand-alone events. The book also looks at some interesting but lesser-known aspects of Jones’s naval career, including his relationships with such civilian leaders as Benjamin Franklin. How Jones handled those often-difficult dealings, Callo maintains, contributed to the nation’s concept of civilian control of the military. Suggesting that Jones might well be the first U.S. apostle of sea power, the author also focuses on the fact that Jones was the first serving American naval officer who emphasized the role naval power would play in the rise of the United States as a global power. Another neglected aspect of Jones’s career that gets attention and analysis is his brief tour in the Russian navy, a revealing chapter of his life that has been underreported in the two hundred years since Jones’s death.

Rear Admiral Joseph Callo, USNR (Ret.), was Naval History magazine’s 1998 Author of the Year, and has written three books about Admiral Lord Nelson, including Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words and Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges. He was the U.S. editor for “Who’s Who” in Naval History magazine, and regularly writes on maritime subjects for magazines and newspapers.

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ISBN 13	9781591141044
ISBN 10	1591141044
Title	John Paul Jones
Author	Joseph Callo
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Naval Institute Press
Year published	2009-03-30
Number of pages	288
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