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Autore: | Willmott H. P |
Titolo: | The Last Century of Sea Power : From Washington to Tokyo, 1922-1945 |
Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (705 p.) |
Disciplina: | 359.0309041 |
359/.0309041 | |
Soggetto topico: | Naval history, Modern - 19th century |
Naval history, Modern - 20th century | |
History & Archaeology | |
History - General | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 These |
Eight 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; Notes | |
Selected 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 Navy | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 natur |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Last Century of Sea Power |
ISBN: | 1-282-55506-5 |
9786612555060 | |
9780254004093 | |
0-253-00409-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812781903321 |
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