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Naval warfare 1919-1945 : an operational history of the volatile war at sea / Malcolm Murfett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murfett, Malcolm H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Sea control.
- Naval art and science--History--20th century.
- Naval art and science.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 629 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- 1 Neither one thing nor the other (1919-39) 1
- 2 The opening gambit (1939) 49
- 3 Much more than a phoney war (1940) 66
- 4 Uncompromising hostilities (January-November 1941) 100
- 5 From Pearl Harbor to Madagascar (December 1941-May 1942) 135
- 6 Stalling the juggernaut in the early summer of 1942 176
- 7 From defence to attack in the autumn of 1942 223
- 8 A change in momentum (January-August 1943) 257
- 9 Striking back (September-December 1943) 291
- 10 Seizing the initiative (January-August 1944) 324
- 11 Tightening the grip (September-December 1944) 369
- 12 Stranglehold (1945) 418
- Conclusion: Rising to the challenge of fighting the war at sea 461
- Appendix I Allied convoy statistics (1939-45) 530
- Appendix II Units of measurement - Conversion equivalents 534.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [548]-586) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415458047
- 0415458048
- OCLC:
- 220421530
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