Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Buying Time: British Submarine Capability in the Far East, 1919-1940 / James Goldrick -- Naval Strategies in Collision: Britain, the USA, and Japan at the Beginning of the Pacific War / Evan Mawdsley -- The Perils of Technological Transformation: A Case Study of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor / Alan D. Zimm -- The Dominions and British Maritime Power in the Second World War / Iain E. Johnston-White -- Schnellboote, Strategy, and the Defense of Festung Europa, 1943-1944 / G. H. Bennett -- The Development of Combined Operations Headquarters and the Admiralty during the Second World War: Personalities and Administration / C. I. Hamilton -- To the Jungle Shore: Australia and Amphibious Warfare in the South West Pacific Area, 1942-1945 / Peter J. Dean -- Naval Gunfire Support at Iwo Jima: The Perils of Doctrinal Myopia / Donald K. Mitchener -- Naval Power, Mao Zedong, and the War in China, 1926-1949 / Francis Grice -- The Army-Navy Contest for Control of Land-Based Antisubmarine Aviation and the Military Unification Debate, 1942-1948 / George H. Monahan.
Summary:
"The sea shaped the course and conduct of World War II, from the first moments of the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945. The impact could be felt far beyond the shoreline, as the arms and armies carried across the oceans were ultimately destined to wage war ashore. Populations and industries depended on the raw materials and supplies in a war that increasingly became a contest of national will and economic might. Ultimately, it was the war at sea that linked numerous regional conflicts and theaters of operation into a global war. As the war grew in complexity and covered an increasingly larger geographical area, the organization of the maritime effort and the impact it had on the formulation of national strategy also evolved. This volume illustrates the impact of naval operations on the Second World War by highlighting topics previously neglected in the scholarship. In doing so, it provides new insights into political, strategic, administrative, and operational aspects of the maritime dimension of the war"-- Provided by publisher.
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