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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: H. P. WillmottPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Volume: Volume 2 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.111kg ISBN: 9780253353597ISBN 10: 0253353599 Pages: 704 Publication Date: 22 March 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents"List of Chapter Appendixes List of Maps and a Diagram List of Tables I. Naval Races and Wars 1. Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921 - 1941 2. Washington and London 3. Ethiopia and Spain 4. Japan and Its ""Special Undeclared War"" II. Introduction to the Second World War 5. Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More Wars III. The Second World War: The European Theater 6. Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course 7. With Friends like These 8. Italy and the War in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations 9. The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marines in the Second World War IV. The Second World War: The Pacific Theatre 10. The War Across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion 11. The Japanese Situation — and a Japanese Dimension 12. The Japanese Situation — and an American Dimension 13. The Japanese Situation — and a Second Japanese Dimension 14. The Japanese Situation — and Another, and Final, Dimension V. Dealing with Real Enemies 15. Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945 Notes Selected Bibliography Index"ReviewsH. P. Willmott is the finest naval historian and among the finest historians of any discipline writing today. His latest work further strengthens that richly deserved accolade. -Bernard D. Cole, author of The Great Wall at Sea [T]his is an important contribution to naval history that provides a thoughtful account of the years preceding the Second World War and, at much greater length, of the war itself. -History, 2010 The author, dean of naval historians, provides a sweeping look at, and analysis of, the transformation of naval power... [His] dry wit and sense of irony add spice to the impressive array of facts and analysis of the preatesst period of naval warfare. Wilmott is fearless in his judgments. -Seapower, December 2010 """H. P. Willmott is the finest naval historian and among the finest historians of any discipline writing today. His latest work further strengthens that richly deserved accolade."" oBernard D. Cole, author of The Great Wall at Sea" H. P. Willmott is the finest naval historian and among the finest historians of any discipline writing today. His latest work further strengthens that richly deserved accolade. oBernard D. Cole, author of The Great Wall at Sea Author InformationH. P. Willmott has written extensively on warfare in general and on World War II in particular. Among his books are The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894–1922 (IUP, 2009) and The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action (IUP, 2005), a Society of Military History prize winner. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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