Cover -- Cover caption -- Legal -- HM No. 17 -- Dedication -- Title page -- Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- I The Beginning Lessons, November 1945 -- II The Lessons Continue, November 1945-March 1946 -- III Logistics, Amphibious Warfare, and the Postwar U.S. Naval Establishment, March 1946-May 1946 -- IV Future U.S. Naval Organization and Amphibious Warfare, Continued, May 1946 -- V Blockades, the Navy as a Foreign Policy Instrument, and Future Naval Operations, May 1946 -- VI Kinkaid, Spruance, Cruisers, and Carriers, June 1946-July 1946 -- VII Airpower, the United Nations, and the Lessons of the Pacific War, July 1946-October 1946 -- VIII More Lessons and Defense Reorganization, November 1946-January 1947 -- IX More Battle History and the Influence of the Atomic Bomb on Future Naval Warfare, February 1947-April 1947 -- X Additional Lessons, May 1947 -- XI Atomic Naval Warfare, the Impact of Bikini, and New Shipboard Weaponry, May 1947-July 1947 -- XII Battle Lessons and Seabees, July 1947-November 1947 -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- Series -- Also by author.