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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The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868,... SEE MORE