To train the fleet for war : the U.S. Navy fleet problems / Albert A. Nofi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nofi, Albert A., author.

Series:

U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 18.

Naval War College historical monograph series ; number 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Navy--Maneuvers--History--20th century.

Warships--United States--History--20th century.

Warships.

Sailors--Training of--United States--History--20th century.

Sailors.

Naval education--United States--History--20th century.

Naval education.

United States--History, Naval--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Distribution:

Washington, District of Columbia : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Product Description: To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940, by Professor Albert A. Nofi, examines in detail, making extensive use of the Naval War College archives, each of the U.S. Navy's twenty-one "fleet problems" conducted between World Wars I and II, elucidating the patterns that emerged, finding a range of enduring lessons, and suggesting their applicability of for future naval warfare.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Legal""; ""HM No. 18""; ""Dedication""; ""Title page""; ""Front matter""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""A NOTE ON USAGE/Abbreviations""; ""Part 1: "To Train the Fleet"""; ""I Background and Purpose""; ""II The Fleet, 1922-1941""; ""III Procedure""; ""Part 2: The Fleet Problems""; ""IV Fleet Problem I, February 18-22, 1923""; ""V Fleet Problem II, Fleet Problem III/Grand Joint Army-Navy Exercise No. 2, and Fleet Problem IV, January 2-February 1, 1924""; ""VI Fleet Problem V/Grand Joint Army-Navy Exercise No. 3, February 23-April 1925""

""VII Fleet Problem VI, February 11-13, 1926""""VIII Fleet Problem VII, March 1-14, 1927""; ""IX Fleet Problem VIII, April 18-28, 1928""; ""X Fleet Problem IX, January 23-27, 1929""; ""XI Fleet Problem X, March 10-15, 1930""; ""XII Fleet Problem XI, April 14-18, 1930""; ""XIII Fleet Problem XII, February-March 1931""; ""XIV Grand Joint Army-Navy Exercise No. 4/Fleet Problem XIII, January 31-March 18, 1932""; ""XV Fleet Problem XIV, February 10-17, 1933""; ""XVI Fleet Problem XV, April 19-May 12, 1934""; ""XVII Fleet Problem XVI, April 29-June 10, 1935""

""XVIII Fleet Problem XVII, April 27-June 7, 1936""""XIX Fleet Problem XVIII, April 16-May 28, 1937""; ""XX Fleet Problem XIX, March 9-April 30, 1938""; ""XXI Fleet Problem XX, February 20-27, 1939""; ""XXII Fleet Problem XXI, April 1-May 17, 1940""; ""XXIII Fleet Problem XXII, 1941""; ""XXIV Afterward""; ""Part 3: Conclusions""; ""XXV Patterns, 1923-1941""; ""XXVI Some Enduring Lessons of the Fleet Problems""; ""XXVII The Fleet Problems and the Future of the Navy""; ""Appendices""; ""REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""INDEX""; ""Series""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-379) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-884733-87-5

1-935352-25-3

1-4619-3574-1

OCLC:

932326868