If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War

John A. Adams is a retired airline executive and longtime business strategist with an interest in the use of economic principles to analyze history. Trained as a historian, he has extensively researched military strategy and tactics. He lives in Conifers, Colorado.

• ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgments1. Sink Ten Ships and We Win the War!2. Initial Japanese Strategic Choices3. Pearl Harbor4. Yamamoto Defies Mahan5. Guadalcanal6. Central versus South Pacific7. Two Prongs Divide the Fleet8. Decisive Combat in the Marianas9. From Honolulu's Conference Table to Leyte's Mud10. The Naval Campaign for the Philippines11. Mahan and the Submariners12. Dulling the Mighty Blade13. B-SanNotesBibliographyIndex

"If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War provides one of the best analyses of World War II I have read. Clear and incisive, it presents the reader with both the factual material and a solid discussion of how and why the decisions of the commanders resulted in a strategic or just a tactical success or failure. March 29, 2009"—Daily News, Bowling Green, KY"This is truly an outstanding book. Although Adams indicates it is an analysis of naval strategy of World War II in the Pacific, the lessons he presents apply to more than purely naval warfare.Spring 2010"—Air Power History"[A] must read for students of World War II in the Pacific and all those interested in naval and military strategy. March-April 2010"—Military Review"This book will be enjoyed by anyone who is interested in World War II history. Vol. 55, No. 2, Summer 2010"—Nautical Research Journal"There is no doubt that Mahan and his writings had an enormous effect on the US Navy's admirals during the Pacific War. This fine book shows very clearly how. December 2010"—Work Boat World"Students of naval history will find much to agree with in this volume, and a good deal about which to disagree, but either way they will find it worth reading. Fall 2011"—NYMAS Review"A very interesting, well—researched, well—written work with fine and fresh analysis of the Pacific War."—Eric Osborne, author of The Battle of Heligoland Bight"John Adams is one of the most remarkable individuals I have met in the course of my long academic career. His knowledge of recent military doctrine, strategy, and operations, logistics, and tactics is as deep as any of my academic colleagues."—Malcolm Muir, author of Black Shoes and Blue Water: Surface Warfare in the United States Navy, 1945–1975