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



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Autore: Adams John A. <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: If Mahan ran the Great Pacific War [[electronic resource] ] : an analysis of World War II naval strategy / / John A. Adams Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (473 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/5
Soggetto topico: Naval strategy
Naval strategy - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Ocean
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: If Mahan ran the Great Pacific War  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-78567-9
9786611785673
0-253-00029-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454353503321
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