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Author:

Britts, Angus, author.

Title:

Neglected skies : the demise of British naval power in the Far East, 1922-42 / Angus Britts.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Great Britain.--History--History--20th century.
Great Britain.--Fleet Air Arm--Fleet Air Arm--History.
Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Indian Ocean.
Sea-power--Great Britain--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The battle: 31 March-9 April 1942 -- Scylla and Charybdis: the policy dimension, 1919-39 -- In the outhouse: the carrier-borne air weapon and the interwar Royal Navy -- Broad oceans, narrow seas: the test of war against Germany and Italy, September 1939-April 1942 -- Niitaka yama nobore! The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1920-41 -- Force Z revisited: December 1941-March 1942 -- Supremacy surrendered: the eastern Indian Ocean showdown -- From Juno to Ten-Ichi: the status of the forgotten decisive battle -- Beyond Singapore: Operation C and the "two ocean dilemma".

Summary:

"Neglected Skies uses a reconsideration of the clash between the British Eastern Fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet in the Indian Ocean in April 1942 to draw a larger conclusion about declining British military power in the era. By primarily analyzing the evolution of British naval aviation during the interwar period, as well as the challenges that the peacetime Royal Navy was forced to confront, a picture emerges of a battle fleet that entered the war in September 1939 unready for combat."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1682471578
9781682471579

OCLC:

(OCoLC)984149416

LCCN:

2017019145

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)