"This volume presents a collection of extracts, articles, letters, orders, interviews, and biographies. The work is intended to serve as a general overview and provisional reference to inform both Marines, sailors, and the general public of the broad outlines of maritime strategic thought"--Provided by publisher.
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The legacy of American naval power: reinvigorating maritime strategic thought : an anthology
2019, History Division, United States Marine Corps
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A brief introduction to the history of maritime strategy -- by Paul Westermeyer
The ascendance of American maritime power: a historical perspective culminating in Guadalcanal -- by Paul Westermeyer
Transformation a century ago -- by Norman Friedman
The color plans, 1919-1938 -- by Louis Morton
Evolution of modern amphibious warfare, 1920-1941 -- by Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, Major Verle E. Ludwig, and Henry I. Shaw Jr.
The legacy and lessons of Operation Watchtower -- by Jon T. Hoffman
Preliminary report of JANEX-1 -- by Major General Holland M. Smith -- Biographies.
Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune ;
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz --
The expansion of maritime power: the role of naval aviation and submarines -- by Paul Westermeyer
The future of the submarine -- by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Use of aircraft in naval warfare -- by Commander D.E. Cummings
Letter from Geiger to Yarnell on aviation -- Major General Roy S. Geiger letter to Admiral H.E. Yarnell
How we bridged a wartime "learning gap" -- by Lieutenant Colonel Frank G. Hoffman
The future employment of naval forces -- by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
The influence of aviation on the evolution of American naval thought -- by Dr. David R. Mets
Submarines: key to the offset strategy -- by Rear Admiral W.J. Holland Jr.
A new naval era -- by Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert and General James F. Amos -- Biographies.
General Roy Stanley Geiger ;
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover --
Maritime power in crisis response: from the nuclear era to hyperwar -- by Paul Westermeyer
Letter from Geiger to Commandant Vandegrift on Bikini Atoll atomic tests 21 August 1946 --
Admiral Gorshkov and the Soviet navy -- by Dr. Donald Chipman
One telephone call gets it all: maritime prepositioning for crisis response enhancement -- by General Paul X. Kelleyr to Yarnell on aviation
Restless strategy: Alfred Gray's philosophy of warfighting -- by Thomas G. Mahnken and A. Bradley Potter
Why cyberwar will not and should not have its grand strategist -- by Martin C. Libicki
On hyperwar -- by General John Allen and Amir Husain
Keeping our amphibious edge -- by Admiral John C. Harvey and Colonel P.J. Ridderhof
Between peace and the air-sea battle: a war at sea strategy -- by Captain Jeffrey E. Kline and Captain Wayne P. Hughes -- Biographies.
General Paul X. Kelley ;
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt --
The future of maritime power -- by Paul Westermeyer
The Marine Corps of tomorrow -- by Major Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
Facing westward to the future -- by General Charles C. Krulak
A new twist to an age-old naval tradition -- by Commander David B. Waidelich
A design for maintaining maritime superiority -- by Admiral John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations
The Navy and nation need a maritime strategy-- by Paul S. Giarra.
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Shipping list no.: 2019-0194-P.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-407).
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