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

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Superior document:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series ; #121
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 121.
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Physical Description:xiv, 245 p. :; ill.
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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.