"The Naval Operations & Planning SMARTbook outlines the Navy operational-level fundamentals, command, control and organization. It is also a bridge between the theory of operation art and practical specific guidance that Navy commanders and staffs require to accomplish their mission. It is prepared to complement existing joint and Navy doctrine and provides a general guide to the supplication o…
Explores the critical elements that determined the war at sea, including campaign strategies, vessel design, tactics, and technology
There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas. This book offers for the first time a balanced history of the naval war as a whole, viewed from the perspective of all participants in all major theaters. The author's earlier examination The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, cente…
I. Introduction -- II. Reporting abroad at Harvard -- III. Desk-bound in the Bureau of Aeronautics -- IV. Serving on Admiral Towers' and Admiral Nimitz' staffs -- V. Learning radar and fighter direction -- VI. Carrier duty at last! -- VII. Shaking down the Langley -- VIII. Return to Pearl Harbor -- IX. The capture of Kwajalein, Majuro and Eniwetok -- X. Espiritu Santo and the first strikes on P…