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Indlæser... Testing American Sea Power: U.S. Navy Strategic Exercises, 1923-1940 (udgave 2006)af Craig C. Felker
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Challenging notions relating to a reactionary United States Navy overly attached to the big-gun warship, Felker demonstrates the process by how the interwar fleet exercises advanced the art of the possible in the USN; particularly in regards to aviation and submarines. If there was a particular issue it's that the emphasis on taking the offensive to achieve decisive battle in the paradigm posed by Alfred Thayer Mahan did not allow for sufficient consideration of defensive measures against the submarine; leading to the great debacle of Operation Drumbeat. Overall, Felker suspects that the real issue with the interwar USN was not so much an over-reliance on Mahan, but the unwillingness of civilian authorities to allow the Chief of Naval Operations to confront matters of high strategy until it was too late in the day; highly recommended. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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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 As a direct result of these exercises, the navy incorporated different technologies and updated its own outdated strategies.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. No library descriptions found. |
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