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Author Holwitt, Joel Ira, 1981-

Title "Execute against Japan" : the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare / Joel Ira Holwitt.

Imprint College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.5451 H747e 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 245 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
Contents Freedom of the seas, the submarine, and the First World War -- The U.S. Navy and the submarine question -- The failure of international law in the interwar period -- Legislating away freedom of the seas -- The accidental commerce raider : U.S. submarine development, strategy, and tactics -- Laying the strategic groundwork -- Debating law, ethics, and strategy -- "Immediately upon the outbreak of war" -- Day of infamy, day of decision -- Unrestricted warfare and the civilian chain of command -- The victory of unrestricted submarine warfare.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
Submarine warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Freedom of the seas.
United States. Navy -- Submarine forces -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 1603440836 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603440837 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 9781603440837

 
    
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