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If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War - An Analysis of World War II Naval Strategy

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor John A. Adams Klappentext Naval historians and armchair strategists alike will find much food for thought in these engrossing pages. Zusammenfassung Would the doctrine of one of history's great naval strategists have stood the test of World War II in the Pacific? Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Conference Table to Leyte's Mud 10. The Naval Campaign for the Philippines 11. Mahan and the Submariners 12. Dulling the Mighty Blade 13. B-San Notes Bibliography Index

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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 Conference Table to Leyte's Mud
10. The Naval Campaign for the Philippines
11. Mahan and the Submariners
12. Dulling the Mighty Blade
13. B-San
Notes
Bibliography
Index


About the author










John A. Adams is a retired airline executive and longtime business strategist with an interest in the use of economic principles to analyze history. Trained as a historian, he has extensively researched military strategy and tactics. He lives in Conifers, Colorado.


Product details

Authors John A Adams, John A. Adams, Adams John a
Publisher Indiana University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.07.2008
 
EAN 9780253351050
ISBN 978-0-253-35105-0
No. of pages 472
Dimensions 159 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
Series Indiana University Press (IPS)
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration

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