Delivering Destruction. American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima

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Contents
List of Maps
List of Acronyms
Foreword: Getting Ashore
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. “Getting the Shells to Fall Where You Want Them”: Coordinating Naval Gunfire and Air Support in the Interwar Period
Chapter 2. The First Test: Tarawa, 1943
Chapter 3. Building a “Spirit of Cooperation”: Coordinating Triphibious Firepower in Theory
Chapter 4. On to the Marshalls: Coordinating Triphibious Firepower in Practice
Chapter 5. More Shells, More Planes, More Harmony: Taking the Marianas
Chapter 6. Approaching the Crescendo: Intrawar Adjustments, Saipan to I wo Jima
Chapter 7. Pinnacle in the Pacific: The Battle for I wo Jima and the Apex of American Triphibious Firepower Coordination
Chapter 8. Examining Success: The Legacy of American Fire Control and Coordination
Notes
Bibliography
Index