Episode 1: “Design for War”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Part One: Victory’s Inception, Production, and Impact
6. 1. Henry Salomon, NBC, the US Navy, and Victory’s Genesis 1
7. 2. Assembling Victory’s Production Team, Preparing an Episode 8
8. 3. Victory’s Debut Season: Sponsorship (or Not?), Promotion, Scheduling, and Awards 23
9. 4. Richard Rodgers: Twelve Themes for Victory, the “Thirteen-Hour Score” Legend, and Two Breakout Hits 33
10. 5. Robert Russell Bennett: Preparing for Victory, Music for a Global War, and the Importance of F Sharp 60
11. 6. The NBC Symphony—and Victory’s 1952–53 Recording Sessions 75
12. 7. The Victory Scripts’ Poetics 81
13. 8. Robert Montgomery, C. S. Forester, and Victory 85
14. 9. Victory on Records: The Commercial and “House” LPs 91
15. 10. Victory Abridged: For Film (1954) and Television (1960) 97
16. 11. Victory’s Predecessors and Successors 104
17. Part Two: The Twenty-Six Victory Episodes
18. Introduction 113
19. Episode 1: “Design for War” 115
20. Episode 2: “The Pacific Boils Over” 123
21. Episode 3: “Sealing the Breach” 132
22. Episode 4: “Midway Is East” 142
23. Episode 5: “Mediterranean Mosaic” 151
24. Episode 6: “Guadalcanal” 161
25. Episode 7: “Rings around Rabaul” 171
26. Episode 8: “Mare Nostrum” 180
27. Episode 9: “Sea and Sand” 189
28. Episode 10: “Beneath the Southern Cross” 198
29. Episode 11: “The Magnetic North” 207
30. Episode 12: “The Conquest of Micronesia” 215
31. Episode 13: “Melanesian Nightmare” 225
32. Episode 14: “Roman Renaissance” 233
33. Episode 15: “D-Day” 241
34. Episode 16: “Killers and the Killed” 250
35. Episode 17: “The Turkey Shoot” 260
36. Episode 18: “Two if by Sea” 269
37. Episode 19: “Battle of Leyte Gulf” 277
38. Episode 20: “Return of the Allies” 286
39. Episode 21: “Full Fathom Five” 295
40. Episode 22: “The Fate of Europe” 304
41. Episode 23: “Target Suribachi” 312
42. Episode 24: “The Road to Mandalay” 321
43. Episode 25: “Suicide for Glory” 331
44. Episode 26: “Design for Peace” 338
45. Postscript 345
46. Appendix 1: Robert Russell Bennett: A Grandson’s Victory Remembrance 349
47. Appendix 2: Victory at Sea: A Chronology 353
48. Appendix 3: Digest of Victory’s Music-Scoring Statistics 359
49. Appendix 4: Sample Shot List (EP26) 361
50. Appendix 5: The 1959 Companion Book 363
51. Bibliography 367
52. Index 371