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The Battle of Leyte Gulf at 75 : a retrospective /

The passage of three-quarters of a century has allowed a great many insights into this important battle. While this new volume will not preclude continuing observations, evaluations and debates, it serves as a meaningful milepost in the ongoing discussion. This new look back at the complexity and co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cutler, Thomas J., 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 > Anniversaries, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Original essays
  • Leyte Gulf reminiscences / by A. Denis Clift
  • Planning the penultimate stages of the Pacific war / by Lisle Rose
  • Allied plans and operational art / by Milan Vego
  • The principle of the objective at Leyte Gulf / by Norman Friedman
  • Halsey's decision / by Trent Hone
  • "Where is Task Force 34?": the frustration of Admiral Lee / by Paul Stillwell
  • Sibuyan Sea: the price of daring / by Karl Zingheim
  • Syracuse in the Pacific? / by Kevin J. Delamer
  • After the battle: sea power and the Ormoc campaign / by Vincent P. O'Hara
  • Jack & Jim / by David F. Winkler
  • The tin can sailors are gone: what naval history loses with the passing of the World War II generation / by James D. Hornfischer
  • The archives
  • Flawed victory at sea / by Alan Rems
  • Greatest of all sea battles / by Lt. Cdr. Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • The Battle for Leyte Gulf by Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Admiral Oldendorf comments on the battle of Surigao Strait / by Vice Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Leyte Gulf: the first uncensored Japanese account / by James A. Field Jr
  • With Kurita in the battle of Leyte Gulf / by Rear Admiral Tomiji Koyanagi, former Imperial Japanese Navy
  • MacArthur, FDR, and the politics of Leyte Gulf / by Lt. Cdr. Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Jeeps versus giants / by Capt. Walter Karig, USNR, Lt. Cdr. Russell L. Harris, USNR, and Lt. Cdr. Frank A. Manson, U.S. Navy
  • Seven decades of debate / by Alan Rems
  • "Where is Task Force thirty-four?" / by Capt. Andrew Hamilton, USNR
  • Second salvo at Surigao Strait / by Adm. James L. Holloway III, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Iowa vs. Yamato: the ultimate gunnery duel / by Thomas Hone and Norman Friedman
  • "Iowa vs. Yamato: the ultimate gunnery duel" / by Vice Adm. Lloyd M. Mustin, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
  • Epitaph.