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"Execute against Japan" : the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare / Joel Ira Holwitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holwitt, Joel Ira, 1981-
- Series:
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121.
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Sea control.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- Submarine warfare--United States--History--20th century.
- Submarine warfare.
- Freedom of the seas.
- United States. Navy--Submarine forces--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Submarine forces.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 245 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Freedom of the seas, the submarine, and the First World War
- The U.S. Navy and the submarine question
- The failure of international law in the interwar period
- Legislating away freedom of the seas
- The accidental commerce raider : U.S. submarine development, strategy, and tactics
- Laying the strategic groundwork
- Debating law, ethics, and strategy
- "Immediately upon the outbreak of war"
- Day of infamy, day of decision
- Unrestricted warfare and the civilian chain of command
- The victory of unrestricted submarine warfare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781603440837
- 1603440836
- OCLC:
- 232001933
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