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The legacy of American naval power : reinvigorating maritime strategic thought : an anthology / contributing editor, Paul Westermeyer ; art editor, Breanne Robertson, PhD.

Quantico, Virginia : History Division, United States Marine Corps, 2019.

United States. Marine Corps -- History.

United States. Navy -- History.

Sea-power -- United States.

Naval art and science -- United States -- History.

United States -- History, Naval.

9781732003019 (paperback)

1732003017 (paperback)

xviii, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

A brief introduction to the history of maritime strategy / by Paul Westermeyer -- The ascendance of American maritime power: a historical perspective culminating in Guadalcanal / by Paul Westermeyer -- Transformation a century ago / by Norman Friedman -- The color plans, 1919-1938 / by Louis Morton -- Evolution of modern amphibious warfare, 1920-1941 / by Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, Major Verle E. Ludwig, and Henry I. Shaw Jr. -- The legacy and lessons of Operation Watchtower / by Jon T. Hoffman -- Preliminary report of JANEX-1 / by Major General Holland M. Smith -- Biographies. Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune ; Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz -- The expansion of maritime power: the role of naval aviation and submarines / by Paul Westermeyer -- The future of the submarine / by Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Use of aircraft in naval warfare / by Commander D.E. Cummings -- Letter from Geiger to Yarnell on aviation / Major General Roy S. Geiger letter to Admiral H.E. Yarnell -- How we bridged a wartime "learning gap" / by Lieutenant Colonel Frank G. Hoffman -- The future employment of naval forces / by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -- The influence of aviation on the evolution of American naval thought / by Dr. David R. Mets -- Submarines: key to the offset strategy / by Rear Admiral W.J. Holland Jr. -- A new naval era / by Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert and General James F. Amos -- Biographies. General Roy Stanley Geiger ; Admiral Hyman G. Rickover -- Maritime power in crisis response: from the nuclear era to hyperwar / by Paul Westermeyer -- Letter from Geiger to Commandant Vandegrift on Bikini Atoll atomic tests 21 August 1946 -- Admiral Gorshkov and the Soviet navy / by Dr. Donald Chipman -- One telephone call gets it all: maritime prepositioning for crisis response enhancement / by General Paul X. Kelley -- Restless strategy: Alfred Gray's philosophy of warfighting / by Thomas G. Mahnken and A. Bradley Potter -- Why cyberwar will not and should not have its grand strategist / by Martin C. Libicki -- On hyperwar / by General John Allen and Amir Husain -- Keeping our amphibious edge / by Admiral John C. Harvey and Colonel P.J. Ridderhof -- Between peace and the air-sea battle: a war at sea strategy / by Captain Jeffrey E. Kline and Captain Wayne P. Hughes -- Biographies. General Paul X. Kelley ; Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt -- The future of maritime power / by Paul Westermeyer -- The Marine Corps of tomorrow / by Major Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. -- Facing westward to the future / by General Charles C. Krulak -- A new twist to an age-old naval tradition / by Commander David B. Waidelich -- A design for maintaining maritime superiority / by Admiral John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations -- The Navy and nation need a maritime strategy / by Paul S. Giarra.

"This volume presents a collection of extracts, articles, letters, orders, interviews, and biographies. The work is intended to serve as a general overview and provisional reference to inform both Marines, sailors, and the general public of the broad outlines of maritime strategic thought"--Provided by publisher.

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