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American sea power and the obsolescence of capital ship theory
Record details
- ISBN: 1476620768
- ISBN: 9781476620763
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The changing paradigm of war : the United States and irregular warfare theory -- The philosophy : A.T. Mahan and the foundations of U.S. naval thought -- War fighting theory and practice, 1914/1941 : the ascendency of the capital ship -- Lessons, retrenchment, and theory, 1945/1951 -- Theory and the challenge of irregular warfare, 1950/1980 -- Theoretical renaissance : the maritime strategy, 1980/1990 -- Strategy adrift, 1990/2001 -- The new challenge : 9/11 and the use of naval power in irregular warfare -- The legacy lives on -- Conclusions: The cycles of history. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | History Naval history |
