Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, Ret.) received his BA in history from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He worked in the intelligence community for thirty-eight years, including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff, and on US Navy ships.
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Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleships, the lynchpin of US naval doctrine, were the target of the dramatic attack at Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific... SEE MORE