The U.S. Navy Against the Axis: Surface Combat, 1941-1945 Review

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(More customer reviews)"The U.S. Navy Against the Axis" by Vincent P. O"Hara is a book that will appeal to anyone interested in the United States Navy's part in World War Two. If you are an expert researcher or just someone that likes a good naval story then this book is for you. The naval wargamer will find enough scenarios for many happy hours of gaming. It has charts and diagrams which will bring smiles to any naval statistician. There is also some surprises in that some new facts about some of the early surface actions in the Dutch East Indies are revealed. The book covers all surface action that the U.S. Navay engaged in both in all areas of operations. Anyone who purchased the authors first book "German Fleet at War 1939 - 1945 will want this book. The book will also appeal to anyone interested in the Imperial Japanese Navy as well. It may be a cliche but in this case it is true. If you buy only one book about the WW2 naval war this year then this should be the one.

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Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.S. Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet s role in America s ultimate victory was far more crucial than commonly credited and holds many lessons for today s Navy and the nation as a whole. His work is the only single volume to treat every surface naval action involving major American warships, both famous and obscure. It places each action in its larger context to provide a valuable historical resource on how the Navy and its ships met the test of battle. O'Hara refutes the widely held notion that the attack on Pearl Harbor rendered surface warfare obsolete. He offers readers details of U.S. naval actions barely mentioned in other histories to demonstrate how U.S. battleships, cruisers, and destroyers played a decisive role at critical junctures in the war and made significant contributions to the Allied victory. He also documents the performance of weapon systems, shows how doctrine developed, and examines the role played by new technologies.Numerous maps, tables, and charts enhance the text. A cautionary tale relevant to today s Navy, this book illustrates how swift adaptability and intellectual honesty were fundamental to the Navy s success against Japan. Its underlying premise is that in a conflict against conventional or asymmetric enemies, the United States cannot assume to hold title to the same virtues demonstrated by its Navy three generations past. Instead, those lessons must be constantly studied and validated in the face of postwar mythologies, lest they be forgotten.

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