Bureaucratic Politics in the Pacific Campaign. An Analysis of World War II Campaign Strategy as a Function of Political Resultants

Abstract

For the casual student of history, the success of the Pacific campaign in World War II suggests a brilliant strategy based on a cohesive allied vision On closer examination however, this strategy emerges as a flawed collage of compromises developed as a result of a complex process of political bureaucracy This paper uses Graham T. Allison's governmental politics model as a conceptual framework for analyzing the political and military interactions which led to the development of the Pacific strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA440789

Entities

People

  • Brad Kaplan

Organizations

  • National War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Australia
  • Bargaining
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Islands
  • Military Operations
  • New Zealand
  • Personality
  • Political Science
  • Sea Lines Of Communications
  • Second World War
  • Social Sciences
  • War

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  • Political science

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