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"Execute against Japan" : the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holwitt, Joel Ira, 1981-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
Submarine warfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Freedom of the seas.
United States. > Navy > Submarine forces > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Naval operations, American.
Table of Contents:
  • Freedom of the seas, the submarine, and the First World War
  • The U.S. Navy and the submarine question
  • The failure of international law in the interwar period
  • Legislating away freedom of the seas
  • The accidental commerce raider : U.S. submarine development, strategy, and tactics
  • Laying the strategic groundwork
  • Debating law, ethics, and strategy
  • "Immediately upon the outbreak of war"
  • Day of infamy, day of decision
  • Unrestricted warfare and the civilian chain of command
  • The victory of unrestricted submarine warfare.