The Pacific Theater in World War II depended on American sea power.
He resides in Annapolis, Maryland..
Felker is a commander in the United States Navy and recently served as a contributor for the History Channel\'s Deep Sea Detectives.
About the Author: CRAIG C.
He resides in Annapolis, Maryland.
Felker is a commander in the United States Navy and recently served as a contributor for the History Channel\'s Deep Sea Detectives.
CRAIG C.
Felker\'s research and analysis, the first to concentrate on the navy\'s interwar exercises, will make a valuable contribution to naval history for historians, military professionals, and naval instructors.
Testing American Sea Power challenges the conventional wisdom that Mahanian theory held the American Navy in a steel grip.
S Navy ultimately to succeed.
Although World War II brought unforeseen challenges and the disadvantages of simulation Exercises quickly became apparent, fleet "problems" may have opened the door to different ideas that allowed the U.
As a direct result of these exercises, the Navy incorporated different technologies and updated its own outdated strategies.
Fleet exercises, however, allowed valuable practice with other military resources and theories.
Alfred Thayer Mahan, who argued that sea control was vital to military victory, best attained through use of the battleship.
Prior to 1923, naval officers relied heavily on the theories of Capt.
Navy held twenty-one major fleet Exercises designed to develop strategy and allow officers to enact plans in an operational setting.
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This power was refined between 1923 and 1940, when the U.
The Pacific Theater in World War II depended on American sea power
