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A Midway reader as an introduction to U.S. naval strategy

A reading recommendation uses a Naval Institute guide to the Battle of Midway to connect interwar U.S. Navy planning with wartime execution.

Question

Which U.S. Naval Institute book offers a useful introduction to American naval strategy?

Short answer

Thomas C. Hone's Battle of Midway guide links interwar U.S. Navy strategy to the Second World War.

Notes

The Battle of Midway volume edited by Thomas C. Hone is recommended as an accessible U.S. Naval Institute strategy title. The collection explains how the U.S. Navy thought about strategy during the 1920s and 1930s, then follows those ideas into the Second World War. It gives readers a useful starting point for connecting plans and doctrine with a decisive operation.