Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat (Library of Naval Biography)

This Interpretive Biography Of Matthew Calbraith Perry - The First To Appear In Well Over Thirty Years - Offers A Balanced Assessment Of The Commodore's Long And Varied Career As One Of The U.s. Navy's Preeminent Officers Of The Antebellum Era. Best Remembered For Leading A Naval And Diplomatic Expedition To Japan In 1853, Perry Succeeded Where Others Before Him Had Failed With The Signing Of A Treaty That Established Formal Diplomatic Relations Between The United States And Japan And Ended Japan's Isolation From The West. To This Day Perry Remains A Respected Figure In Japan As Well As In The United Slates.--jacket. 1 A Rhode Island Naval Heritage -- 2 Lieutenant In West African And Caribbean Waters -- 3 First Lieutenant And Commander In The Mediterranean -- 4 Captain And Naval Reformer -- 5 Commodore Of The African Squadron -- 6 Commodore Of The Gulf Squadron -- 7 Planning The Naval Expedition To Japan -- 8 East Asia And Japan -- 9 A Treaty With Japan, Signed And Tested -- 10 Home At Last. John H. Schroeder. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 293-308) And Index. "This interpretive biography of Matthew Calbraith Perry - the first to appear in well over thirty years - offers a balanced assessment of the commodore's long and varied career as one of the U.S. Navy's preeminent officers of the antebellum era. Best remembered for leading a naval and diplomatic expedition to Japan in 1853, Perry succeeded where others before him had failed with the signing of a treaty that established formal diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan and ended Japan's isolation from the West. To this day Perry remains a respected figure in Japan as well as in the United Slates."--BOOK JACKET. The complete biography of the American naval leader whose 1853 -- 4 expedition ended Japan's isolationism.