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Cargando... Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960 (2022)por James D. Hornfischer
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"A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide This landmark account of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea, combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on--and under--the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home and decommissions most of its warships. But this peaceful interlude is short-lived, as Stalin, America's former ally, makes aggressive moves in Europe and the Far East. Winston Churchill crystallizes the growing Communist threat by declaring the existence of "the Iron Curtain," and the Truman Doctrine is set up to contain Communism by establishing U.S. military bases throughout the world. Set against this background of increasing Cold War hostility, Who Can Hold the Sea paints the dramatic rise of the Navy's crucial postwar role in a series of exciting episodes: the tests of A-bombs dropped on warships at Bikini Island the growing science of undersea warfare and invention of sonar the Korean War as a deadly test of naval superiority the growth of the modern Navy with its dramatic game-changers: cruisers fitted with surface-to-air missiles, and the invention of the nuclear submarine lessons learned from the dramatic sinking of the submarine USS Cochino in the Norwegian Sea the USS Nautilus's dangerous, first-ever cruise underneath the North Pole As in all of Hornfischer's work, the events unfold in riveting--and often surprising--detail. The story of the Cold War at sea is ultimately the story of America's victorious contest to protect the free world"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As World War II ended, peace was a fragile commodity as the Communist threat grew and Joseph Stalin moved aggressively to occupy eastern European states and to establish Soviet-aligned governments.
An absorbing, introspective, and detailed look at the United States Navy during the cold war with the Soviet Union. With air power rapidly becoming a primary focus for the military, there was a struggle for the Navy to remain relevant even as the decision-makers believed ships were obsolete.
Filled with intriguing facts and often little-known information, the author expertly weaves the challenges faced by military and civilian leaders in an emerging superpower struggle defined by strategy, a rapidly-growing technology, and diplomacy that directly affected the Navy during the cold war.
The battlefields were many . . . political, inter-service, technological, strategic . . . yet as the author details the challenges facing the United States Navy in the aftermath of World War II, readers will find the book eminently readable and informative.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this eBook from Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley
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