Download or read book An American Adventure written by William Lloyd Stearman and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After leaving the White House he taught at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He had a hand in the return of the Iowa-class battleships to active service during the Reagan administration, but later worked in vain, because of opposition by the Navy, to retain any of them in a fire-support role for the Marine Corps. --Book Jacket.