The Doctrine is in!
This military strategy and national security policy that posits that a full-scale nuclear attack by one superpower against another would result in the complete annihilation of both
What is MAD Theory?
In this war, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to swift action by the United States Navy. (Hint: War not Operation)
What is the Gulf War?
German unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmermann Telegram, and economic ties to the Allies
What are reasons the U.S. entered WW1?
What are the Merrimack and Monitor?
This operation remains the largest amphibious operation in U.S. history.
What is Operation Overlord (the landings at Normandy)
This declaration stated the Western Hemisphere was not open to European colonization, and that the US would not interfere with European affairs.
What is Monroe Doctrine
What is a quarantine?
Dec 7, 1941
Coastal warfare, Guerre de Course, Privateering
What are American tactics employed during the American Revolution?
This CIA cold-war era amphibious landing showcased a failure in United States ability to execute covert amphibious landings and went down as one of the biggest failures of the cold war.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
the 2 foreign policy initiatives aimed at containing the spread of communism
What are Eisenhower and Kennedy doctrines
a 600 ship navy, increased defense budget, redevelopment of a 2 ocean navy
What is the Reagan influence on the Navy
This battle was the first battle in history where the warring ships never saw each other, characterized by carrier vs. carrier conflict?
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
In 1794, construction of these began
What are the 6 original frigates?
What are the Barbary Wars?
This doctrine believed in the concept of a total and absolute command of the seas by development of large capital ships as its writer was an advocate of the 'decisive battle.'
What is the Mahanian Sea Power Theory
This incident for which the resolution is named caused the United States to militarily enter Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What is Battle of the Jutlands?
After months of battle, the USMC gained control of this island which gave the allies 2 much needed airfields in the Pacific.
What is Iwo Jima?
This doctrine stated that air power is a revolutionary force in warfare, capable of decisive victory through strategic bombing of an enemy's "vital centers"
What is Douhet air power theory
This conflict showed Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson that Nuclear Warfare could not be the single point of U.S. defensive strategy
What is the Korean War?
This 1922 treaty limited global Naval tonnage , and angered some future enemies in the process
What is the Washington Naval Treaty?
The strategy that involved blockading the Mississippi river and southern sea ports
Anaconda plan (Union naval strategy)
This WW1 amphibious assault led to a year long stalemate and massive losses on both sides?
What is the Gallipoli Campaign?