The U.S. Navy Against the Axis by Vincent P O'hara
The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy�s surface fleet in World War I with an emphasis on ship-to-ship combat. The book refutes the widely-held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor rendered battleships obsolete and that aviation and submarines dominated the Pacific War. It demonstrates how the surface fleet played a decisive role at critical junctures. It was crucial to America�s ultimate victory and its story holds many lessons for today�s Navy and the nation as a whole.The U.S. Navy against the Axis describes how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy�s success against Japan. The underlying premise is that the nation cannot assume that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, it holds title to the same virtues the Navy demonstrated three generations ago. Instead those lessons need to be constantly studied and affirmed in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten.
This book…demonstrates how the surface fleet payed a decisive role at critical juncturesIt was crucial to America's ultimate victory, and its story holds many lessons for today's Navy and the nation." - SeaTechnology Magazine
"The naval aspect of World War II is often seen as a carrier war, but there is more to the story. In this book, a prominent naval historian makes the case that battleships and other surface vessels played just as important a role in defeating the Axis powers." - WWII History Magazine
"The naval aspect of World War II is often seen as a carrier war, but there is more to the story. In this book, a prominent naval historian makes the case that battleships and other surface vessels played just as important a role in defeating the Axis powers." - WWII History Magazine
Vincent P. O’Hara is an independent scholar and the author of five books including On Seas Contested: the Seven Great Navies of the Second World War (2010) and The Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean 1940-1945 (2009). Mr. O’Hara’s work appears in periodicals and annuals including Warship, MHQ, World War II Quarterly and Storia Militare. He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley
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| ISBN 13 | 9781591146506 |
| ISBN 10 | 159114650X |
| Title | The U.S. Navy Against the Axis |
| Author | Vincent P O'hara |
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| Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
| Year published | 2007-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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