Thomas Macdonough: Master of Command in the Early U.S. Navy

David Curtis Skaggs

Naval Institute Press, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 257 pages

In this work, historian David Skaggs rectifies the oversight by presenting a well-researched and detailed account not only of Macdonough's brilliant actions in the battle, but also the whole of this remarkable sailor's life. Not since the commodore's grandson wrote about him in 1909 has anyone explored Macdonough's career so thoroughly. Unlike that early, uncritical look at the naval leader, this study offers a balanced view of Macdonough's professional career and character.

About the author

David Curtis Skaggs, is an American historian of the Colonial and Early Republic periods. In 1965, he was appointed instructor in history at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where he rose through the academic ranks becoming full professor in 1977, and professor emeritus in 2002. He served as visiting associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, in 1971-72; William C. Foster Visiting Fellow at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National Defense Intelligence College 1989; Visiting Professor of Military History and Strategy at Air University 1990-91; visiting professor at East Carolina University, and consultant faculty member at the United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1970-1990.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Thomas Macdonough: Master of Command in the Early U.S. Navy; Library of naval biography
• Author: David Curtis Skaggs
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1557508399, 9781557508393
• Length: 257 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / General; History / Military / Naval; History / Wars & Conflicts / War of 1812