Arguing over the American lake
Subtitle: bureaucracy and rivalry in the U.S. Pacific, 1945-1947
By: Hal M. Friedman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series -- no. 126; Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series -- no. 126.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781603441254
Subjects: United States. -- War Dept. -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Navy Dept. -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Dept. of State -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Dept. of the Interior -- History -- 20th century; National security -- United States -- Decision making -- History -- 20th century; Interagency coordination -- United States; Cold War; Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) -- Strategic aspects -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Military policy -- Decision making; Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) -- Politics and government; United States -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area; Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Army-Navy game in paradise: War-Navy rivalry over the defense and administration of the Pacific Basin, August 1945-January 1946; title: The Army-Navy game in paradise: the War-Navy game continues, January 1946-May 1946; title: The Army-Navy game in paradise: War-Navy rivalry and defense unification, May 1946-December 1946; title: The Army-Navy game in paradise: War-Navy rivalry and defense unification, December 1946-October 1947; title: Annexation versus trusteeship: the debate over Pacific Island trusteeship within the U.S. government, February 1945-July 1946; title: Annexation versus trusteeship: the debate over Pacific Island trusteeship within the U.S. government, July 1946-September 1947; title: Interior versus the others: the fight over Pacific Island civil administration, January 1945-May 1947; title: Interior versus the others: the fight over Pacific Island civil administration, May 1947-October 1947; title: Conclusion: the Pacific Basin, the early Cold War, and the arena of bureaucratic conflict.