Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

One - Victory's Inception, Production, and Impact

pp 1-2

One - Henry Salomon, NBC, the US Navy, and Victory's Genesis

pp 3-7

Two - Assembling Victory's Production Team, Preparing an Episode

pp 8-22

Three - Victory's Debut Season: Sponsorship (or Not?), Promotion, Scheduling, and Awards

pp 23-32

Four - Richard Rodgers: Twelve Themes for Victory, the “Thirteen-Hour Score” Legend, and Two Breakout Hits

pp 33-59

Five - Robert Russell Bennett: Preparing for Victory, Music for a Global War, and the Special Importance of F Sharp

pp 60-74

Six - The NBC Symphony—and Victory's 1952–53 Recording Sessions

pp 75-80

Seven - The Victory Scripts’ Poetics

pp 81-84

Eight - Robert Montgomery, C. S. Forester, and Victory

pp 85-90

Nine - Victory on Records—The Commercial and “House” LPs

pp 91-96

Ten - Victory Abridged: For Film (1954) and Television (1960)

pp 97-103

Eleven - Victory's Predecessors and Successors

pp 104-110

Two - The Twenty-Six Victory Episodes

pp 111-112

Introduction

pp 113-114

Episode 1 - “Design for War”

pp 115-122

Episode 2 - “The Pacific Boils Over”

pp 123-131

Episode 3 - “Sealing the Breach”

pp 132-141

Episode 4 - “Midway Is East”

pp 142-150

Episode 5 - “Mediterranean Mosaic”

pp 151-160

Episode 6 - “Guadalcanal”

pp 161-170

Episode 7 - “Rings around Rabaul”

pp 171-179

Episode 8 - “Mare Nostrum”

pp 180-188

Episode 9 - “Sea and Sand”

pp 189-197

Episode 10 - “Beneath the Southern Cross”

pp 198-206

Episode 11 - “The Magnetic North”

pp 207-214

Episode 12 - “The Conquest of Micronesia”

pp 215-224