The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2: From Washington to Tokyo, 1922–1945

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments In the first volume of The LastCenturyofSea Power therewasaprefacethatsetout the terms of reference of this work, specifically the various considerations that over time established the basis of this work. This preface is not the place to repeat such matters and hence what was in the first volume a preface and acknowledgement in this volume should be no more than the acknowledgement section. I would specifically acknowledge and offer my sincere and unreserved gratitude for all the help and advice I received from Ola Bøe Hansen, Hasegawa Rei, Paul Latawski, Captain Francesco Loriga, and Tohmatsu Haruo and from Jennie Wraight and Iain Mackenzie, and from Anthony Clayton, Sarandis Papadopoulos , and Steven Weingartner, and with these individuals I would add those persons who were always at my side that went beyond the call of friendship, namely Michael and Sara Barrett, Bernard Cole, Michael Coles, Gerard Roncolato , William Spencer and Andrea Johnson and family, John Andreas and Tine Olsen, Jack and Gee Sweetman, and Spencer C. and Beverly Tucker. To all of these people I would simply state my thanks and appreciation for help and camaraderie that are beyond my poor powers to acknowledge properly. I would also acknowledge the support and encouragement provided by various colleagues and friends in a period of very considerable personal and professional misfortune and without whose quiet companionship what was bad might well have been nigh-impossible. Among those I would acknowledge my debt of gratitude to Tim Bean, Patrick Birks, Nigel and Martine de Lee, Paul Harris, Cliff Krieger, Jim Mattis, Lars Neilsen, George Raach, Kyle Sinisi, Frederick Snow, Patrick and Jennifer Speelman, David Vance, John Votaw, and David White, and with this acknowledgement I would state my hope that this book is some small token of my appreciation and esteem. I also wish to acknowledge my debt to those without whose patience, tact, and literary ability this book would probably have gone the way of many of the ships cited in these pages. Specifically I would wish to acknowledge my debts to Rob- xx acknowledgments ert Sloan and Brian Herrmann of Indiana University Press, to Keith Chaffer for his professionalism and imaginative work upon the maps, and to the library personnel who professionally and personally have helped me at every stage of proceedings , Ken Franklin, Andrew Orgill, and John Pearce: I trust they will accept this poor acknowledgement of their support and efforts. There remains one group that always appears in my acknowledgements section and for one reason: they have been the means of ensuring continuing sanity. I would acknowledge my debt to and love for my beloved woofers. Would that Everton, Sherry, Kondor, Jamie, Suki, Lancaster, and Junior be at peace and together , and in terms of my present debt and love for Mishka, Cassie, and Ozzie, and for Yanya, I would merely express my hope that much time will pass before they join their predecessors and chase together across the celestial fields. H. P. Willmott Englefield Green Surrey United Kingdom 4 October 2009 The Last Century of Sea Power ...