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The U.S. Navy Against the Axis - Surface Combat, 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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The U.S. Navy Against the Axis - Surface Combat, 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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The U.S. Navy against the Axis tells the story of the U.S. Navy's
surface fleet in World War II with an emphasis on ship-to-ship
combat. It advances the thesis that the fleet's role in America's
ultimate victory was more crucial than commonly realized and that
it holds many lessons for today's Navy and the nation as a
whole.The book refutes the widely-held notion that the attack on
Pearl Harbor suddenly rendered surface combatants obsolete and that
aviation and submarines dominated the Pacific War; it demonstrates
that the battleships, cruisers and destroyers made major
contributions to America's victory and played decisive roles at
critical junctures. The U.S. Navy against the Axis offers a
cautionary parable relevant to today's Navy. It demonstrates how
swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the
Navy's success against Japan. The book's underlying premises is
that we cannot assume that in a conflict against conventional or
asymmetric enemies, the nation holds title to the same virtues
demonstrated by the Navy three generations past. Instead those
lessons need to be constantly studied and validated in the face of
postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten.
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