Background
Boyd, Carl was born on March 27, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
(When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an ...)
When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily from Japanese sources and American wartime intercepts of secret Japanese radio messages, a noted American naval historian and a Japanese mariner painstakingly recorded and evaluated a diverse array of material about Japan's submarines in World War II. The study begins with the development of the first Japanese 103-ton Holland-type submergible craft in 1905 and continues through the 1945 surrender of the largest submarine in the world at the time, the 5300-ton I-400 class that carried three airplanes. Submarine weapons, equipment, personnel, and shore support systems are discussed first in the context of Japanese naval preparations for war and later during the war. Both successes and missed opportunities are analyzed in operations ranging from the California coast through the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the coast of German-occupied France. Appendixes include lists of Japanese submarine losses and the biographies of key Japanese submarine officers. Rare illustrations and specifically commissioned operational maps enhance the text.
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international relations and history educator
Boyd, Carl was born on March 27, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
AB, Indiana University, 1962. AM, Indiana University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Davis, 1971.
Instructor, assistant professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1969-1975;
assistant professor, associate professor of history, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, 1975-1985;
professor, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, 1985-1995;
University eminent scholar, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, since 1994;
director graduate program in history, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, 1991-1994;
Louis I. Jaffé professor international studies, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, since 1995. Visiting scholar United States Army Center Military History, Washington, 1987-1989. Visiting Institute for Advances Study, Princeton, New Jersey, summer 1993.
Visiting scholar-in-residence National Security Agency, 1996-1997. Reviewer scholarly articles and numerous books, since 1966. Presenter at professional conferences, since 1974.
Commentator or session chairman over 50 national academic conferences, since 1977.
(When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an ...)
With Submarine Service, United States Navy, 1954-1958. Member International Naval Research Organization, Society for Military History, Southern History Association, United States Commission on Military History, United States Naval Institute, World War II Studies Association, Phi Kappa Phi.