02656nam a2200397Ia 4500 264814 OCoLC 20160527193209.0 001206r20001962dcuabcd b f001 0 eng c 61060001 NDU NDU XBM GPO XTA EZU MUQ pcc ap----- PUXA ev 0345 D 114.7:P 11/V.10/2000 D767 U45 940.5426 M8891s Morton, Louis. Local 139230 Strategy and command the first two years by Louis Morton. Washington, D.C. Center of Military History, U.S. Army 2000. xxiii, 761 p. ill., charts, ports., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. CMH pub 5-1 Local 74547 United States Army in World War II. The war in the Pacific Local 182930 Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Chief of Military History, 1961. Shipping list no.: 2001-0006-S. "First printed 1962"--T.p. verso. G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication. Three folded maps attached to p. [3] of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Pacific World -- PART ONE: THE ROAD TO WAR: The beginnings of Pacific strategy -- Japanese policy and strategy, 1931-July 1941 -- Europe versus the pacific -- The fatal turn -- The decision for war -- PART TWO: THE DEFENSIVE: PEARL HARBOR TO MIDWAY: The first weeks of war, 7-26 December -- The Malay barrier -- The Philippines -- Australia and the line of communication -- The U.S. and Japanese high commands -- Organization and command of the Pacific -- Transition -- PART THREE: SEIZING THE INITIATIVE: Planning the offensive -- Preparations and problems -- Crisis in the Pacific, August-November 1942 -- Command and co-operation -- Japanese and American plans -- The Pacific in grand strategy -- Means and ends : the March 1943 directive -- CARTWHEEL and the I-GO operation -- PART FOUR: EMERGING PATTERNS: The north Pacific and the Soviet Union -- The revival of ORANGE -- Central Pacific timetable -- Organizing for the offensive -- Operations and plans, Summer 1943 -- Review and adjustment -- The Japanese revise their strategy -- The execution of strategy : Pacific operations, August-December 1943 -- Prospects for the future. World War Pacific Ocean. Local 190762 Guerre Mondiale (1939-1945) Pacifique, Océan. Local 231496 Center of Military History. Local 71315 United States Army in World War II. War in the Pacific 190916 190916 0 0 ddc 0 940_542600000000000_M8891S 0 evl 200225 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Federal 375296 0 940.5426 M8891s 80000002190125 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:264814 6