If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War
by Adams, John A., Jr.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-06-15
Publisher(s): Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary
Would the doctrine of one of history's great naval strategists have stood the test of World War II in the Pacific?
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Sink Ten Ships and We Win the War! | p. 1 |
| Initial Japanese Strategic Choices | p. 35 |
| Pearl Harbor | p. 61 |
| Yamamoto Defies Mahan | p. 99 |
| Guadalcanal | p. 125 |
| Central versus South Pacific | p. 169 |
| Two Prongs Divide the Fleet | p. 219 |
| Decisive Combat in the Marianas | p. 257 |
| From Honolulu's Conference Table to Leyte's Mud | p. 299 |
| The Naval Campaign for the Philippines | p. 331 |
| Mahan and the Submariners | p. 363 |
| Dulling the Mighty Blade | p. 379 |
| B-San | p. 399 |
| Notes | p. 417 |
| Bibliography | p. 441 |
| Index | p. 447 |
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