Naval Warfare 1919-45 : An Operational History of the Volatile War at Sea

ISBN-13: 9780415640084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 638 str.

Malcolm H Murfett

Opis

This detailed survey charts the progress of World War II through the naval battles and conveys undertaken at the time, from the pre-war years of navy building through to Pearl Harbour and eventual defeat of the Axis powers.

Spis treści

Abbreviations.  Glossary.  List of Maps.  Preface.  Acknowledgements  1. Neither One Thing nor the Other (1919–39)  2. The Opening Gambit (1939)  3. Much More Than a Phoney War (1940)  4. Uncompromising Hostilities (January – November 1941)  5. From Pearl Harbor to Madagascar (December 1941 – May 1942)  6. Stalling the Juggernaut in the Early Summer of 1942  7. From Defence to Attack in the Autumn of 1942  8. A Change in Momentum (January – August 1943)  9. Striking Back (September – December 1943)  10. Seizing the Initiative (January – August 1944)  11. Tightening the Grip (September – December 1944)  12. Stranglehold (1945).  Conclusion: Rising to the Challenge of Fighting the War at Sea.  Appendix I: Allied Convoy Statistics (1939-45).  Appendix II: Units of Measurement – Conversion Equivalents.  Select Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Malcolm Murfett is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a number of works onnaval themes, includingFool-proof Relations: The Search for Anglo-American Naval cooperation in the Chamberlain Years, 1937-40 (1985), Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949 (1991),and the co-writtenBetween Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from First Settlement to Final British Withdrawal . He is alsothe editor of The First Sea Lords (1999).