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| Item Call Number |
D 774 .P6 S65 1995 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17944 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1557507910 (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 774 .P6
- Item number - S65 1995
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Solberg, Carl,
- Dates associated with a name - 1915-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Decision and dissent :
- Remainder of title - with Halsey at Leyte Gulf /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Carl Solberg.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, Md. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Naval Institute Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1995.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 203 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations, map ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-193) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Crossing the Pope's Line -- The limits of our knowledge -- Protean Preliminaries -- The submarines -- The seafight begins -- The knockout that wasn't -- The Japanese carriers arrive -- Decision -- Dissent -- Slaughter at Surigao -- Jeep carriers save the day -- The kamikazes - Bull's run -- Rout of the Japanese carriers -- Pursuit -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "In October 1944, the author of this book, Carl Solberg, was serving in the Pacific as a young air combat intelligence officer on Admiral William F. Halsey's flagship, New Jersey, as three Japanese fleets converged on the Philippines for one of the largest and most complex naval battles of World War II. As Solberg recalls in this compelling memoir, the Japanese Navy's master plan for repelling American invasions had just been captured, translated, copied, and interpreted--but we know now not fully understood. Reportedly, Admiral Halsey had seen the document and ignored it. Solberg explains that his roommate, Lt. Harris Cox, pored over the plan for several nights and with Solberg suddenly came to realize what the enemy's big surface ships were up to at Leyte.
The two young intelligence officers urgently tried to warn the admiral on the night of 24 October that by going north after the Japanese carriers he was doing exactly what the enemy wanted him to do. But Halsey had already retired for the night and their message never got through him. Had it been heeded, their warning might have had significant impact on the battle.
This book offers new insights into the events that led to Halsey's controversial decision to send Task Force 34 north and provides a better understanding of what happened that night. Solberg takes the reader on a journey of Pacific intelligence operations, traveling back and forth across the "Pope's Line" that divided Halsey's domain from that of General MacArthur's to give a detailed picture of the decisions made and the events that took place.
He also traces the development of air combat intelligence units in the U.S. Navy, born of the new requirements created by war waged in the air."
- Summary, etc. - "The author was an air combat intelligence officer on Admiral Halsey's flagship in the Philippines. The Japanese navy's plans for repelling the American invasion had been captured but ignored by Halsey. This book offers new insights into Halsey's controversial decision to send Task Force 34 North, and provides better understanding of what happened that night." - Roderick Hall
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Solberg, Carl,
- Dates associated with a name - 1915-
- Personal name - Halsey, William F.
- Fuller form of name - (William Frederick),
- Dates associated with a name - 1882-1959.
- Personal name - MacArthur, Douglas,
- Dates associated with a name - 1880-1964.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
- Subordinate unit - Navy
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Naval operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Area.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Leyte Island.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Form subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Military intelligence
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Area.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Intelligence officers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Leyte Island (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History, Military.
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