Disaster At Savo Island, 1942
Publisher: U.S. Army War College
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, PA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: ABSTRACT iii; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii; title: DISASTER AT SAVO ISLAND, 1942 1; title: THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND 1; title: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW 1.; title: KEY FIGURES/COMPOSITION/DISPOSITION OF ALLIED/JAPANESE FORCES 4; title: JAPANESE COMPOSITION/DISPOSITION OF FORCES 4; title: ALLIED COMPOSITION/DISPOSITION OF FORCES 6; title: THE BATTLE 8; title: ESSENCE OF THE DEBACLE 12; title: COMMAND AND CONTROL 12; title: COMMAND CLIMATE 15; title: CONTRIBUTING CAUSES 15; title: DOCTRINE 15; title: OPERATION SHOESTRING 16; title: PROTECTION OF THE CARRIER BATTLE GROUP 17; title: THE ART OF SURPRISE 18; title: INTELLIGENCE 19; title: TRAINING 22; title: TORPEDOES 24; title: TACTICAL DISPOSITION 24; title: READINESS 26; title: COMMUNICATIONS 26; title: CONCLUSION 21; title: ENDNOTES 29; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: FIGURE 1 - PACIFIC AREA OF OPERATIONS 2; title: FIGURE 2 - THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. .3.; title: FIGURE 3 - ADMIRAL MIKAWA'S PATH TOWARDS SAVO ISLAND 5; title: FIGURE 4 - THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND 9; title: LIST OF TABLES; title: TABLE 1 - 8th JAPANESE FLEET 4.; title: TABLE 2 - OPERATION WATCHTOWER 7.; title: TABLE 3 - SECURITY FOR GUADALCANAL, 8-9 AUGUST 1942 8