To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940

by Albert A. Nofi, Naval War College Press

Overview

Naval War College Historical Monograph Series, 18. Examines in detail, making extensive use of the Naval War College archives, each of the U.S. Navy's twenty-one "fleet problems" conducted between World Wars I and II, elucidating the patterns that emerged, finding a range of enduring lessons, and suggesting their applicability for future naval warfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780393926
Publisher:	Books Express Publishing
Publication date:	06/23/2011
Pages:	422
Sales rank:	1,002,109
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.94(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

 

 Agency/Author Bio: Dr. Nofi has been a member of the Center for Naval Analyses, assigned as a field representative to the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group at the Naval War College; Newport, Rhode Island; a program director at the Graduate School, CUNY; and adjunct professor of American History, Touro University, New York. He is the author of numerous books and articles, of which the recent titles include Warriors in the White House: The Military Experiences of the Presidents (in progress), Dirty Little Secrets of the Civil War (in progress), An Informal Military History of the American People (in progress), The Waterloo Campaign, 3rd rev. ed. (2004), and Shooting Blanks: Warmaking That Doesn’t Work, 2nd rev. ed., with James F. Dunnigan (2001).

 

Table of Contents

 

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Usage

Part I. “To Train the Fleet”

Chapter 1. Background and Purpose

Chapter 2.   The Fleet, 1922-1941

Chapter 3. Procedure

Part II. The Fleet Problems

Chapter 4. Fleet Problem I, February 18-22, 1923

Chapter 5. Fleet Problem II, Fleet Problem III/Grand Joint Army Navy Exercise No. 2, and Fleet Problem IV, January 2-February 1, 1924

Chapter 6. Fleet Problem V/Grand Joint Army-Navy Exercise No. 3, February 23 – April 1925

Chapter 7. Fleet Problem VI, February 11-13, 1926

Chapter 8. Fleet Problem VII, March 1-14, 1927

Chapter 9. Fleet Problem VIII, April 18-28, 1928

Chapter 10. Fleet Problem IX, January 23-27, 1929

Chapter 11. Fleet Problem X, March 10-15, 1930

Chapter 12. Fleet Problem XI, April 14 –18, 1930

Chapter 13. Fleet Problem XII, February 16-20, 1931

Chapter 14. Grand Joint Army-Navy Exercise No. 4/Fleet Problem XIII, January 31-March 18, 1932

Chapter 15. Fleet Problem XIV, February 10-17, 1933

Chapter 16. Fleet Problem XV, April 19 – May 12, 1934

Chapter 17. Fleet Problem XVI, April 29 – June 10, 1935

Chapter 18. Fleet Problem XVII, April 27 - June 7, 1936

Chapter 19. Fleet Problem XVIII, April 16 – May 28, 1937

Chapter 20. Fleet Problem XIX, March 9 – April 30, 1938

Chapter 21. Fleet Problem XX, February 20-27, 1939

Chapter 22. Fleet Problem XXI, April 1 – May 17, 1940

Chapter 23. Fleet Problem XXII, 1941

Chapter 24. Afterwards

Part III. Conclusions

Chapter 25. Patterns, 1923-1941

Chapter 26.   Some Enduring Lessons of the Fleet Problems

Chapter 27. The Fleet Problems and the Future of the Navy

Appendices

1. The Navy, 1923-1940

2. Principal Combatant Participation in the Fleet Problems, 1923-1940

3. The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet (CINCUS), 1922-1942

4. Persons Mentioned in the Text

References and Bibliograph

Archival Materials

Government Documents and Official Publications

Unpublished Research and Academic Papers

Memoirs and Oral Reminiscences

Newspapers & News Magazines

Books, Articles, and Online Resources