03777nam 22006253u 450 991045832670332120210114043345.01-282-55506-5978661255506097802540040930-253-00409-8(CKB)2560000000012918(EBL)516835(OCoLC)639156539(SSID)ssj0000421769(PQKBManifestationID)11289394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421769(PQKBWorkID)10416010(PQKB)10657290(MiAaPQ)EBC516835(EXLCZ)99256000000001291820140526d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Last Century of Sea Power[electronic resource] From Washington to Tokyo, 1922-1945Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press20091 online resource (705 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35359-9 Contents; List of Chapter Appendixes; List of Maps and a Diagram; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Part 1. Naval Races and Wars; One Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921-1941; Two Washington and London; Three Ethiopia and Spain; Four Japan and Its "Special Undeclared War"; Part 2. Introduction to the Second World War; Five Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More Wars; Part 3. The Second World War:The European Theater; Six Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course; Seven With Friends like TheseEight Italy and the War in the MediterraneanTheater of OperationsNine The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marinesin the Second World War; Part 4. The Second World War:The Pacific Theater; Ten The War across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion; Eleven The Japanese Situation-and a Japanese Dimension; Twelve The Japanese Situation-and an American Dimension; Thirteen The Japanese Situation-and a Second Japanese Dimension; Fourteen The Japanese Situation-and Another, and Final, Dimension; Part 5. Dealing with Real Enemies; Fifteen Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945; NotesSelected BibliographyGeneral Index; Index of Warships, Submarines, Auxiliaries, and Merchantmen; Index of American Warships; Index of U.S. Lend-Lease Production of Escort Carriers,Frigates, and Sloops that Saw Service in the British NavyIn this second volume of his history of naval power in the 20th century, H. P. Willmott follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts-the United States and Japan. Emerging from World War I in command of the seas, Great Britain saw its supremacy weakened through neglect and in the face of more committed rivals. Britain's grand Coronation Review of 1937 marked the apotheosis of a sea power slipping into decline. Meanwhile, Britain's rivals and soon-to-be enemies were embarking on significant naval building programs that would soon change the naturNaval history, Modern - 19th centuryNaval history, Modern - 20th centuryHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCHistory - GeneralHILCCElectronic books.Naval history, Modern - 19th century.Naval history, Modern - 20th century.History & ArchaeologyHistory - General359.0309041359/.0309041Willmott H. P791438AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910458326703321The Last Century of Sea Power2485570UNINA