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Silent strategists : Harding, Denby, and the U.S. Navy's trans-Pacific offensive, World War II / Manley R. Irwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irwin, Manley Rutherford.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
- Politics and government.
- United States--History, Naval--20th century.
- United States.
- Naval history.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Denby, Edwin, 1870-1929.
- Denby, Edwin.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Politics and government.
- Harding, Warren G.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 204 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press of America, [2008]
- Summary:
- Few historians have looked beyond the veil of the Teapot Dome scandal and examined the naval policies of President Warren Harding and his secretary of navy, Edwin Denby. Historians have also periodically overlooked the personal papers and archives of the Harding administration as it bears on U.S. naval policy. However, Professor Manley R. Irwin brings forth an innovative approach to researching these policies, papers, and archives in Silent Strategists. The book boldly brings forth the argument that Harding and Denby exercised unusual foresight in preparing the navy for a war against Japan. Both individuals promulgated structural changes in the department and adopted a set of management tools that would redound to the navy in its prosecution of its Pacific offensive, World War II. The administrative legacy of the Harding administration remains as vital today as it did eight decades ago, and Professor Irwin's thorough investigation provides invaluable new details and insights.
- Contents:
- 2 The Wilson Administration, 1913-1921 6
- 3 The Harding Administration, 1921-1923 38
- 4 The Coolidge-Hoover Administration, 1923-1933 79
- 5 The Franklin Roosevelt Administration, 1933-1939 105
- 6 The Pacific Campaign, 1940-1945 131
- 7 The Silent Strategists 165
- 8 The Fate of Edwin Denby 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761839186
- 9780761839187
- OCLC:
- 181328260
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