Testing American Sea Power: U.S. Navy Strategic Exercises, 1923-1940 - Couverture souple

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Felker, Craig C.

 
9781603449892: Testing American Sea Power: U.S. Navy Strategic Exercises, 1923-1940
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ISBN 10 : 1603449892 ISBN 13 : 9781603449892
Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Pacific Theater in World War II depended on American sea power. This power was refined between 1923 and 1940, when the U.S. Navy held twenty-one major fleet exercises designed to develop strategy and allow officers to enact plans in an operational setting. Prior to 1923, naval officers relied heavily on the theories of Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, who argued that sea control was vital to military victory, best attained through use of the battleship. Fleet exercises, however, allowed valuable practice with other military resources and theories. As a direct result of these exercises, the navy incorporated different technologies and updated its own outdated strategies. Although World War II brought unforeseen challenges and the disadvantages of simulation exercises quickly became apparent, fleet "problems" may have opened the door to different ideas that allowed the U.S Navy ultimately to succeed. Testing American Sea Power challenges the conventional wisdom that Mahanian theory held the American Navy in a steel grip. Felker's research and analysis, the first to concentrate on the navy's interwar exercises, will make a valuable contribution to naval history for historians, military professionals, and naval instructors. CRAIG C. FELKER is a commander in the United States Navy and recently served as a contributor for the History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives. He resides in Annapolis, Maryland.

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À propos de l?auteur

CRAIG C. FELKER is a commander in the United States Navy and recently served as a contributor for the History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives. He resides in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Éditeur
Texas A & M University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1603449892
ISBN 13 
9781603449892
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
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ISBN 10 :  1585445606 ISBN 13 :  9781585445608
Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2007
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