TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morton,Louis
ED  - Center of Military History.
TI  - Strategy and command: the first two years
T2  - CMH pub
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Center of Military History, U.S. Army
KW  - World War
KW  - Pacific Ocean
KW  - Local
KW  - Guerre Mondiale (1939-1945)
KW  - Pacifique, Océan
N1  - 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
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