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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782800803321

Autore

Adams John A. <1951->

Titolo

If Mahan ran the Great Pacific War [[electronic resource] ] : an analysis of World War II naval strategy / / John A. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-78567-9

9786611785673

0-253-00029-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/5

Soggetti

Naval strategy

Naval strategy - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations

World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Ocean

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; List of Maps; acknowledgments; 1. sink ten ships and We Win the War!; 2. Initial Japanese strategic Choices; 3. Pearl Harbor; 4. yamamoto defies Mahan; 5. Guadalcanal; 6. Central versus south Pacific; 7. two Prongs divide the Fleet; 8. decisive Combat in the Marianas; 9. From Honolulu's Conferencetable to Leyte's Mud; 10. The naval Campaign for thePhilippines; 11. Mahan and the submariners; 12. dulling the Mighty Blade; 13. B-san; notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History                (1660--1783) was one of the most influential books on military strategy in the first                half of the 20th century. A core text in the naval war colleges of the United                States, Britain, and Japan, Mahan's book shaped doctrine for the conduct of war at                sea. Adams uses Mahan's ideas to discuss the great Pacific sea battles of World War                II and to consider how well they withstood the test of actual combat. Reexamining                the conduct of war in the Pacific