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"Execute against Japan" : the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare /
Less than five hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, U.S. naval leaders reluctantly chose to pursue a form of warfare they despised-targeting not only Japanese military assets but also civilian-operated fishing trawlers, freighters, and tankers. The move to unrestricted submarine warfare r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2008]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;
no. 121. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Less than five hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, U.S. naval leaders reluctantly chose to pursue a form of warfare they despised-targeting not only Japanese military assets but also civilian-operated fishing trawlers, freighters, and tankers. The move to unrestricted submarine warfare represented a major change in the longstanding American adherence to the classic doctrine of ""freedom of the seas, "" under which commercial vessels were held to have the right to navigate the oceans without threat of attack. This dramatic about-face in naval policy, potentially as controversial |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781603442558 1603442553 129913792X 9781299137929 |