The U.S. Navy in the Korean War / / Edward J. Marolda, editor

• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (448 p.)
• Disciplina: 951.904/2450973; 950
• Soggetto topico: Korean War, 1950-1953 - Naval operations, American
• Persona (resp. second.): MaroldaEdward J.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-413) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Sea power and defense of the Pusan pocket, June-September 1950 / Thomas J. Cutler -- 2. Assault from the sea: the amphibious landing at Inchon / Curtis A. Utz -- 3. Naval leadership in Korea: the first six months / Thomas B. Buell -- 4. Fleet operations in a mobile war, September 1950-June 1951 / Joseph H. Alexander -- 5. Long passage to Korea: Black sailors and the integration of the U.S. Navy / Bernard C. Nalty -- 6. Attack from the sky: naval air operations in the Korean War / Richard C. Knott -- 7. Sea power on call: fleet operations, June 1951-July 1953 / Malcolm Muir jr. -- Suggested readings and sources -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This remarkable collection of works by some of the most authoritative naval historians in the United States draws on many formerly classified sources to shed new light on the U.S. Navy's role in the three-year struggle to preserve the independence of the Republic of Korea. Several of the essays concentrate on fleet operations during the first critical year of the war and later years when United Nations forces fought a "static war." Others focus on the leadership of Admirals Forrest P. Sherman, C. Turner Joy, James H. Doyle, and Arleigh A. Burke and on carrier-based and ground-based naval air operations as well as the contributions of African American Sailors. As a whole, this book documents how the Navy's domination of the seas around Korea enabled Allied forces to project combat power ashore the length and breadth of the Korean peninsula. It also shows how the powerful presence of U.S. and Allied naval forces discouraged China and the Soviet Union from launching other military adventures in the Far East, thus keeping the first "limited war" of the Cold War era confined to Korea. But far from being an aberration unlikely to be replicated, the Korean War proved to be only the first in a long line of twentieth-century and early twenty-first century conflicts involving U.S. naval forces confronting Communist and nontraditional adversaries, and a full understanding of the Korean War experience, as provided in this book, helps define the role of sea power in today's world.
• Titolo autorizzato: The U.S. Navy in the Korean War
• ISBN: 1-61251-513-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824064103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II