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Naval War College Review

Volume 67, Number 2 (2014) Spring


Our cover image combines details of a model of the eighty-gun French ship of the line Duc de Bourgogne, the flagship of the squadron that brought the Comte de Rochambeau and his French troops in 1780 to fight for American independence. The ship was based in Newport for more than a year, from its first arrival on 11 July 1780 until its departure on 23 August 1781 for Chesapeake Bay to support the Yorktown campaign. On 6 March 1781, General George Washington boarded Duc de Bourgogne in Newport to meet with all the senior French land and naval commanders—one of the very few occasions that Washington is known to have visited a warship. Laid down in 1751 and launched in 1752, Duc de Bourgogne first served during the Seven Years’ War. Refitted in 1761 and coppered in 1779, it took part in the battle of the Saints between 9 and 12 April 1782. During the French Revolution it was renamed Peuple, in 1792, then Caton in 1794, before being destroyed in 1800.

Full Issue

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Spring 2014 Full Issue
The U.S. Naval War College

From the Editor

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From the Editors
Carnes Lord

President's Forum

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Education That Matters
Walter E. Carter Jr.

Articles

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Cyber War, Cybered Conflict, and the Maritime Domain
Peter Dombrowski and Chris C. Demchak

Book Reviews

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Maritime Border Diplomacy
Richard Norton, Myron H. Nordquist, and John Norton Moore

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Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance
Martin Murphy, Michael J. Struett, Jon D. Carlson, and Mark T. Nance

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The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758
John B. Hattendorf and Hugh Boscawen

Reflections on Reading

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Reflections on Reading
John E. Jackson

Credit

This model was made for the Naval War College Museum by Richard S. Glanville at the American Marine Model Gallery of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 2012, through the generosity of the Naval War College Foundation and the Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust. The model is part of the exhibit The Road to Yorktown: Newport, the French Navy, and American Independence at the Naval War College Museum.