An ocean in common : American naval officers, scientists, and the ocean environment / / Gary E. Weir

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822214903321
• Autore: Weir Gary E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-299-13799-7; 1-60344-721-0; 1-58544-905-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Collana: Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 72
• Disciplina: 359/.07/0973
• Soggetti: Naval art and science - United States - History - 20th century; Marine sciences - United States - History - 20th century; Naval research - United States - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-396) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Selling Bellevue, 1914-24 -- Chapter 2 The Hayes Initiative Bears Fruit, 1923-25 -- Chapter 3 Disappointment and Persistence, 1926-30 -- Chapter 4 Common Practice and UncommonBusiness, 1930-40 -- Chapter 5 Research, Relationships, and Policy, 1930-40 -- Interpolation: Interwar Observations -- Chapter 6 Finding a Niche, 1940-41 -- Chapter 7 The Critical Innovation, 1940-41 -- Chapter 8 Operational Applications, 1942-43 -- Chapter 9 Unfinished Dialogue, 1942-45 -- Chapter 10 Transition, 1945-46 -- Interpolation: Wartime Observations -- Chapter 11 Crossroads, 1945-46 -- Chapter 12 Shaping the Postwar Dialogue, 1946-50 -- Chapter 13 The Forest and the Trees, 1946-50 -- Chapter 14 Back to Sea with a Flourish, 1946-55 -- Chapter 15 A Closer Relationship, 1950-58 -- Chapter 16 Listening, 1946-61 -- Chapter 17 A Closer Look, 1955-60 -- Chapter 18 Coming Full Circle -- Gallery 1 -- Gallery 2 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.