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William Jones’s shrewd strategy was the key to America’s asymmetric warfare against the Royal Navy in 1812. In June 1812, on the eve of America’s headlong plunge into mad war against the mightiest seaborne power in the world, old John Adams confided to his grandson his opinion of the young nation’s chances. “Our Navy,” the …
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