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Blue versus purple : the U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the new enemy in the Pacific, 1946 / Hal M. Friedman.

Van Pelt Library V420 .F748 2017
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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Friedman, Hal M., 1965- author.
Contributor:
Naval War College (U.S.). Press, issuing body.
Series:
U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 24.
Naval War College historical monograph series ; no. 24
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Naval War College (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Naval War College (U.S.).
United States. Navy--Maneuvers--History--20th century.
United States.
United States. Navy.
War games, Naval--History--20th century.
War games, Naval.
Naval maneuvers--Pacific Ocean.
Naval maneuvers.
Naval strategy--Study and teaching--United States--History--20th century.
Naval strategy.
Naval education--United States--History--20th century.
Naval education.
History.
Naval strategy--Study and teaching.
Soviet Union--Strategic aspects.
Soviet Union.
Pacific Area--Strategic aspects.
Pacific Area.
Armed Forces--Maneuvers.
Strategic aspects of individual places.
Pacific Ocean.
Military Science--history.
USSR.
Medical Subjects:
Military Science--history.
United States.
USSR.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 442 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
Edition:
U.S. Government official edition.
Distribution:
Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Other Title:
U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the new enemy in the Pacific, 1946
Titile on half title page: Blue versus purple, 1946
Place of Publication:
Newport, Rhode Island : Naval War College Press, 2017.
Summary:
"This book is about the war-gaming activities of the Naval War College (NWC) in the late summer and fall of 1946 in Newport, Rhode Island ... [and] how the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War impacted the Naval War College in terms of changing its focus from Japan to the Soviet Union as the primary enemy in the Pacific Basin."--Preface.
Notes:
Shipping list no.: 2018-0020-P.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-415) and index.
ISBN:
9781935352310
1935352318
OCLC:
978251819

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