Silent Strategists: Harding, Denby, and the U.S. Navy's Trans-Pacific Offensive World War II

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2008
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Few historians have looked beyond the veil of the Teapot Dome scandal and examined the naval policies of President Warren Harding and his secretary of navy, Edwin Denby. Historians have also periodically overlooked the personal papers and archives of the Harding administration as it bears on U.S. naval policy. However, Professor Manley R. Irwin brings forth an innovative approach to researching these policies, papers, and archives in Silent Strategists.

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Few historians have looked beyond the veil of the Teapot Dome scandal and examined the naval policies of President Warren Harding and his secretary of navy, Edwin Denby. Historians have also periodically overlooked the personal papers and archives of the Harding administration as it bears on U.S. naval policy. However, Professor Manley R. Irwin brings forth an innovative approach to researching these policies, papers, and archives in Silent Strategists.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 28 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0761839186
ISBN 13: 9780761839187

Media Reviews

An interesting argument....Recommended. Two-star review. * CHOICE, March 2009 *
Silent Strategists is a useful read for serious students of naval history in the interwar period. * The NYMAS Review *

Author Bio

Manley R. Irwin is Professor Emeritus, Economics, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire. His writings have appeared in The United States in World War I: An Encyclopedia, The Marine Corps Gazette, Naval History, The International Journal of Naval History, The Review of Industrial Organization, The Journal of Conflict Studies, Wings of Gold, and Relevance: The Quarterly Journal of the Great War Society. He has presented conference papers at the United States Naval Academy.