"Execute against Japan" [electronic resource] : the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare / Joel Ira Holwitt.
Material type:
- United States. Navy -- Submarine forces -- History -- 20th century
- 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
- 940.54/510973 22
- D783 .H65 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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