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Strategy and command : the first two years

Publisher: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.],


Title Details
  • Strategy and command :
Publishers
  • Washington :Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.],1962.
Descriptions
  • xxii, 761 pagesillustrations, ports., maps (part fold., part col. (2 in pocket))26 cm.
Language
    English
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 769 .A533 M6 1962
Status Available
Barcode 18513
Library Of Congress Control Number
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 769
  • Item number - .A533 M6 1962
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 940.5425
Government Document Classification Number
  • Classification number - D 114.7:P 11/V.10
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Morton, Louis.
Title Statement
  • Title - Strategy and command :
  • Remainder of title - the first two years /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Louis Morton
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Washington :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.],
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1962.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xxii, 761 pages
  • Other physical details - illustrations, ports., maps (part fold., part col. (2 in pocket))
  • Dimensions - 26 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Series Statement
  • Series statement - United States Army in World War II: the war in the Pacific
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - "The sources": p. [697]-715. Bibliographical footnotes.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - The beginnings of Pacific strategy -- Japanese policy and strategy, 1931-July 1941 -- Europe versus the Pacific -- The fatal turn -- The decision for war -- The first weeks of war, 7-26 December -- The Malay barrier -- The Philippines -- Australia and the line of communication -- The U.S. and Japanese high commands -- Organization and command of the Pacific -- Transition. The fall of the Philippines... -- Planning the offensive -- Preparations and problems -- Crisis in the Pacific, August-November 1942 -- Command and co-operation -- Japanese and American plans -- The Pacific in grand strategy -- Means and ends : the March 1943 directive -- Cartwheel and the I-Go operation -- The North Pacific and the Soviet Union -- The revival of Orange -- Central Pacific timetable -- Organizing for the offensive -- Operations and plans, summer 1943 -- Review and adjustment -- The Japanese revise their strategy -- The execution of strategy : Pacific operations, August-December 1943 -- Prospects for the future
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Pacific Ocean.
Series Uniform Title
  • Uniform title - United States Army in World War II.
  • Name of part/section of a work - War in the Pacific.