"American Sea Power in the Old World is maritime historian William Still's excellent history of U.S. naval activity on the European station." -Military Officer

"Scholarly, attentive to detail, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, American Sea Power in the Old World is highly recommended and a welcome contribution to public and college library collections." -Midwest Book Review

"William Still's study is a chronological narrative of naval operations. The book is well written and spiced with entertaining anecdotes and carefully selected quotations. The personalities of important figures are well portrayed and add much to the story.... [T]he book is a useful addition to naval history." -Naval War College

"This book, first published in 1980, has stood the test of time and has become the benchmark against which all historical studies of the U.S. Navy, from the period after the Civil War to World War I, are compared.... The book is well written and nicely illustrated.... Overall, the book is a great addition to the historical story of the U.S. Navy in the era between the Civil War and World War I." -The Journal of America's Military Past

"Still's treatment of the Navy's role in support of America's diplomatic, strategic, commercial, and "curiously" Protestant missionary activities in European and Near Eastern waters remains a valuable read those with an interest in American diplomatic history, the advent of the Great War, and the transition of the fleet from the coastal and riverine force of the Civil War through the post-war doldrums and on to the rise of the 'New Navy'." -StrategyPage

"This [is a] brilliantly researched account." -Baird Maritime

"This book is a paperback reissue of the original edition published in 1980, which has not only withstood the test of time, but has become one of the benchmarks against which all historical studies of the U.S. Navy from the period 1865-1914 are judged. The author provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Navy as an instrument U.S. government policy of power projection in the Mediterranean Basin.... The book is well written and nicely illustrated. Overall, the book is a great addition to the historical story of the U.S. Navy in the era between the American Civil War and World War I." -Naval Historical Foundation

"American Sea Power in the Old World [is] a highly competent, well-regarded survey of US naval cruising in an important region of the world at the dawn of the so-called American Century. It remains, over thirty-five years on, among the best broader histories of the peacetime deployment of US naval vessels in the long nineteenth century." -Michigan War Studies Review

"This is an important book. Although first published in 1980, it considers many of the same places where the U.S. Navy is still patrolling, and maintaining a presence..." -The NAVY Magazine

"An important naval history invaluable to understanding how the US relationship to Europe and the Middle East evolved." -Sea History