In this very first Navy Chat, Justin Pyke and I will talk about the US intelligence assessments of the Japanese Navy from 1920 to 1941. »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de » All books from MHG: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mhg/ »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES & LINKS « Pyke, Justin Zachary: Blinded by the Rising Sun? American Intelligence Assessments of Japanese Air and Naval Power, 1920-1941 http://theses.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/11023/2890/1/ucalgary_2016_pyke_justin.pdf Further References Asada Sadao. From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Barnhart, Michael A. Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. Evans, David and Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2012. Ferris, John. Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays. New York: Routledge, 2005. Ford, Douglas. “A Statement of Hopes? The effectiveness of US and British naval war plans against Japan, 1920-1941.” The Mariner’s Mirror 101:1 (2015): 63-80. Ford, Douglas. The Elusive Enemy: U.S. Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. Ford, Douglas. “US Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet during the Washington Treaty Era, c. 1922-36.” The Mariner’s Mirror 93:3 (2007): 281-306. Hone, Trent. “‘Give Them Hell’: The US Navy’s Night Combat Doctrine and the Campaign for Guadalcanal.” War in History 13:2 (2006): 171-199. Hornfischer, James D. Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Kuehn, John T. Agents of Innovation: The General Board and the Design of the Fleet that Defeated the Japanese Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008. Lundgren, Robert. The World Wonder’d: What Really Happened off Samar. Ann Arbor: Nimble Books, 2014. Mahnken, Thomas G. “Asymmetric Warfare at Sea: The Naval Battles off Guadalcanal, 1942-1943.” Naval War College Review 64:1 (2011): 95-121. Mahnken, Thomas G. Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002. Muir Jr., Malcolm. “Rearming in a Vacuum: United States Navy Intelligence and the Japanese Capital Ship Threat, 1936-1945.” The Journal of Military History, 54:4 (1990): 473-485. Parshall, Jonathan B. “Oil and Japanese Strategy in the Solomons: A Postulate.” In Imperial Japanese Navy Page, http://www.combinedfleet.com/guadoil1.htm (22 November 2015). Parshall, Jonathan B. and Anthony P. Tully. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Washington D.C.: Potomac Books, 2005. Prados, John. Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II. New York: Random House, 1995. Tully, Anthony and Lu Yu. “A Question of Estimates: How Faulty Intelligence Drove Scouting at the Battle of Midway.” Naval War College Review 68:2 (2015): 85-99. *See the complete bibliography in the thesis itself. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone The Counter-Design is heavily inspired by Black ICE Mod for the game Hearts of Iron 3 by Paradox Interactive https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/blackice.467/