If Mahan ran the Great Pacific War : an analysis of World War II naval strategy / John A. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, John A., Jr., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval strategy--Case studies.

Naval strategy.

Naval strategy--History--20th century.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.

Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914--Influence.

Mahan, A. T.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1660--1783) was one of the most influential books on military strategy in the first half of the 20th century. A core text in the naval war colleges of the United States, Britain, and Japan, Mahan's book shaped doctrine for the conduct of war at sea. Adams uses Mahan's ideas to discuss the great Pacific sea battles of World War II and to consider how well they withstood the test of actual combat. Reexamining the conduct of war in the Pacific

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; List of Maps; acknowledgments; 1. sink ten ships and We Win the War!; 2. Initial Japanese strategic Choices; 3. Pearl Harbor; 4. yamamoto defies Mahan; 5. Guadalcanal; 6. Central versus south Pacific; 7. two Prongs divide the Fleet; 8. decisive Combat in the Marianas; 9. From Honolulu's Conferencetable to Leyte's Mud; 10. The naval Campaign for thePhilippines; 11. Mahan and the submariners; 12. dulling the Mighty Blade; 13. B-san; notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78567-9

9786611785673

0-253-00029-7

OCLC:

476194240