War in the Pacific
Subtitle: Strategy and Command, the First Two Years (United States Army in World War II)
Publisher: Dept. of the Army
Published: October 18, 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 787
ISBN-13: 9780160018886
Subjects: Military - United States; Military - World War II; History / Military / United States; History - Military / War; History: World
Description: CMH Pub 5-1 Strategy and Command: The First Two Years
Table of contents: title: The Pacific World; title: PART ONE: THE ROAD TO WAR: The beginnings of Pacific strategy; title: Japanese policy and strategy, 1931-July 1941; title: Europe versus the pacific; title: The fatal turn; title: The decision for war; title: PART TWO: THE DEFENSIVE: PEARL HARBOR TO MIDWAY: The first weeks of war, 7-26 December; title: The Malay barrier; title: The Philippines; title: Australia and the line of communication; title: The U.S. and Japanese high commands; title: Organization and command of the Pacific; title: Transition; title: PART THREE: SEIZING THE INITIATIVE: Planning the offensive; title: Preparations and problems; title: Crisis in the Pacific, August-November 1942; title: Command and co-operation; title: Japanese and American plans; title: The Pacific in grand strategy; title: Means and ends : the March 1943 directive; title: CARTWHEEL and the I-GO operation; title: PART FOUR: EMERGING PATTERNS: The north Pacific and the Soviet Union; title: The revival of ORANGE; title: Central Pacific timetable; title: Organizing for the offensive; title: Operations and plans, Summer 1943; title: Review and adjustment; title: The Japanese revise their strategy; title: The execution of strategy : Pacific operations, August-December 1943; title: Prospects for the future.