ISBN: 9781612513430

Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.S. Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet s role in … Mehr…

Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.S. Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet s role in America s ultimate victory was far more crucial than commonly credited and holds many lessons for today s Navy and the nation as a whole. His work is the only single volume to treat every surface naval action involving major American warships, both famous and obscure. It places each action in its larger context to provide a valuable historical resource on how the Navy and its ships met the test of battle.O'Hara refutes the widely held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor rendered surface warfare obsolete. He offers readers details of U.S. naval actions barely mentioned in other histories to demonstrate how U.S. battleships, cruisers, and destroyers played a decisive role at critical junctures in the war and made significant contributions to the Allied victory. He also documents the performance of weapon systems, shows how doctrine developed, and examines the role played by new technologies. Numerous maps, tables, and charts enhance the text.A cautionary tale relevant to today s Navy, this book illustrates how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy s success against Japan. Its underlying premise is that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, the United States cannot assume to hold title to the same virtues demonstrated by its Navy three generations past. Instead, those lessons must be constantly studied and validated in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > European history, Turner Publishing Company<

2017, ISBN: 9781612513430

Surface Combat, 1941-1945, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Digital Only, The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy?s surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on… Mehr…

Surface Combat, 1941-1945, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Digital Only, The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy?s surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on ship-to-ship combat. It advances the thesis that the fleet?s role in America?s ultimate victory was more crucial than commonly realized and that it holds many lessons for today?s Navy and the nation as a whole.<p>The book refutes the widely-held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor suddenly rendered surface combatants obsolete and that aviation and submarines dominated the Pacific War; it demonstrates that the battleships, cruisers and destroyers made major contributions to America?s victory and played decisive roles at critical junctures.<p>The U.S. Navy against the Axis offers a cautionary parable relevant to today?s Navy. It demonstrates how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy?s success against Japan. The book?s underlying premises is that we cannot assume that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, the nation holds title to the same virtues demonstrated by the Navy three generations past. Instead those lessons need to be constantly studied and validated in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten. [PU: Naval Institute Press], Seiten: 364, Naval Institute Press, 2017<

2013, ISBN: 9781612513430

Surface Combat, 1941-1945, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on ship-to-ship … Mehr…

Surface Combat, 1941-1945, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on ship-to-ship combat. The book refutes the widely-held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor rendered battleships obsolete and that aviation and submarines dominated the Pacific War. It demonstrates how the surface fleet played a decisive role at critical junctures. It was crucial to America's ultimate victory and its story holds many lessons for today's Navy and the nation as a whole. &gt;The U.S. Navy against the Axis describes how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy's success against Japan. The underlying premise is that the nation cannot assume that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, it holds title to the same virtues the Navy demonstrated three generations ago. Instead those lessons need to be constantly studied and affirmed in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten.&lt;/DIV&gt; [PU: Naval Institute Press], Seiten: 400, Naval Institute Press, 2013<

ISBN: 9781612513430

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2017, ISBN: 9781612513430

Surface Combat, 1941-1945, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Digital Only, [PU: Naval Institute Press], Naval Institute Press, 2017