United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - Strategy and Command: the First Two Years
United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - Strategy and Command: the First Two Years

Author: Professor Louis Morton

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2014-08-15

Total Pages: 1192

ISBN-13: 1782893970

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With 13 tables, 16 charts, 17 maps, 8 diagrams & 92 illustrations] Strategy is a many-sided word, connoting different things to different people. The author of any work on strategy, therefore, owes it to his reader to define at the outset his own conception of this ambiguous term... In the present volume, the author has viewed strategy broadly, including within it not only the art of military command-the original meaning of the term-but all those activities associated with the preparation for and the conduct of war in the Pacific. Viewed thus, the arena of Pacific strategy is the council chamber rather than the coral atoll; its weapons are not bombs and guns but the mountains of memoranda, messages, studies, and plans that poured forth from the deliberative bodies entrusted with the conduct of the war; its sound is not the clash of arms but the cool voice of reason or the heated words of debate thousands of miles from the scene of conflict...It deals with policy and grand strategy on the highest level-war aims, the choice of allies and theaters of operations, the distribution of forces and supplies, and the organization created to use them. On only a slightly lower level, it deals with more strictly military matters-with the choice of strategies, with planning and the selection of objectives, with the timing of operations, the movement of forces and, finally, their employment in battle. Strategy in its larger sense is more than the handmaiden of war, it is an inherent element of statecraft, akin to policy, and encompasses preparations for war as well as the war itself. Thus, this volume treats the prewar period in some detail, not in any sense as introductory to the main theme but as an integral and important part of the story of Pacific strategy. The great lessons of war, it has been observed, are to be found in the events preceding the outbreak of hostilities. It is then that the great decisions are made and the nature of the war largely determined.

Strategy and Command
Strategy and Command

Author: Louis Morton

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 9781515023258

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For the United States, full involvement in World War II began and ended in the Pacific Ocean. Although the accepted grand strategy of the war was the defeat of Germany first, the sweep of Japanese victory in the weeks and months after Pearl Harbor impelled the United States to move as rapidly as it could to stem the enemy tide of conquest in the Pacific. Shocked as they were by the initial attack, the American people were also united in their determination to defeat Japan, and the Pacific war became peculiarly their own affair. In this great theater it was the United States that ran the war, and had the determining voice in answering questions of strategy and command as they arose. The natural environment made the prosecution of war in the Pacific of necessity an interservice effort, and any real account of it must, as this work does, take into full account the views and actions of the Navy as well as those of the Army and its Air Forces. These are the factors-a predominantly American theater of war covering nearly one-third the globe, and a joint conduct of war by land, sea, and air on the largest scale in American history-that make this volume on the Pacific war of particular significance today. It is the capstone of the eleven volumes published or being published in the Army's World War II series that deal with military operations in the Pacific area, and it is one that should command wide attention from the thoughtful public as well as the military reader in these days of global tension.

War in the Pacific
War in the Pacific

Author: Louis Morton

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2000-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780160018886

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CMH Pub. 5-1.United States Army in World War 2. Analyzes organization and logistics as well as strategy and command, covering the coming of World War 2, Japanese policy and American strategy before Pearl Harbor, Japanese victories in the first six months of the war, first efforts in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to stem the Japanese tide, and the limited offensive in the summer of 1943.

The Army in the Pacific
The Army in the Pacific

Author: James C. McNaughton

Publisher: Department of the Army

Published: 2012-12-15

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780160913877

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NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last The Army in the Pacific: A Century of Engagement, by James C. McNaughton, offers an overview of the Army s history in this rapidly changing region. It describes how the Army s involvement began with an expedition to seize Manila from Spain in 1898, which led to a protracted campaign against Philippine insurgents. When Japan attacked in 1941, the Army fought back as part of a joint and multinational team in some of the most far-reaching campaigns in history, after which the Army became responsible for post-conflict operations in Japan, Okinawa, South Korea, and the Philippines. During the Cold War, the Army fought hot wars in Korea and Vietnam. After the Vietnam War, the Army provided regional stability, a shield against aggression, and engagement with allies and partners as the region experienced unprecedented growth. This broad historical perspective reveals some enduring lessons: the vast distances and diversity of terrain and weather, the necessity for joint and multinational operations, and the need for a versatile, adaptive, and agile force. Related products: World War II resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/world-war-ii Korean War resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/korean-war Vietnam resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/vietnam-war United States Army in World War 2, War in the Pacific, Strategy and Command, The First Two Years can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00032-6 Duffer\'s Shoal: A Strategic Dream of the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01154-1 The Future of American Landpower: Does Forward Presence Still Matter?: The Case of the Army in the Pacific can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01099-4 Other products produced by the U.S. Army, Center of Military History (CMH) are available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1061 "

The Early Air War in the Pacific
The Early Air War in the Pacific

Author: Ralph F. Wetterhahn

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 147666997X

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 During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James "Pug" Southerland.

The Pacific War
The Pacific War

Author: William B. Hopkins

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2010-11-04

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1616732407

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This “important comprehensive study” of WWII in the Pacific examines the high-level decision-making and strategy that led to victory (Roanoke Times). Once the stories have been told of battles won and lost, most of what happens in a war remains a mystery. So it has been with accounts of World War II in the Pacific, a complex conflict whose nature is often obscured by simple chronological narratives. In The Pacific War, William B. Hopkins, a Marine Corps veteran of the Pacific war and respected military history author, opens the story of the Pacific campaign to a broader and deeper view. Hopkins investigates the strategies, politics, and personalities that shaped the fighting. His regional approach to this complex war conducted on land, sea, and air offers an insightful perspective on how this multifaceted conflict unfolded. As expansive as the immense reaches of the Pacific, and as focused as the most intensive pinpoint attack on a strategic island, Hopkins’ account offers a fresh way of understanding the hows—and more significantly, the whys—of the Pacific War.