LEADER 03034nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910782800803321 005 20230721004240.0 010 $a1-281-78567-9 010 $a9786611785673 010 $a0-253-00029-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691364 035 $a(EBL)362715 035 $a(OCoLC)476194240 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000176230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170132 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10206002 035 $a(PQKB)10489252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC362715 035 $a(OCoLC)298135000 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL362715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251411 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL178567 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691364 100 $a20080107d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIf Mahan ran the Great Pacific War$b[electronic resource] $ean analysis of World War II naval strategy /$fJohn A. Adams 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (473 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-35105-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aAlfred 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 606 $aNaval strategy$vCase studies 606 $aNaval strategy$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Ocean 615 0$aNaval strategy 615 0$aNaval strategy$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.54/5 700 $aAdams$b John A.$f1951-$01520019 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782800803321 996 $aIf Mahan ran the Great Pacific War$93758459 997 $aUNINA