Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the ...
A study of command and leadership that follows the fortunes of three pairs of generals, one from the North and one from the South, who each met in battle. Buell challenges the view that the Confederacy's officers were superior and offers an especially astringent evaluation of the leadership of Robert E. Lee.
Vice Adm. Clifton "Ziggy" Sprague was one of the unsung heroes of World War II. His leadership at Leyte Gulf turned an almost inevitable American defeat into a dramatic and important victory that shortened the war. The book offers a groundbreaking examination of the battle off Samar Island in October 1944, one of the four primary engagements at ...
United States Navy and the Korean War. 2nd in a study in the Naval Historical Center's new series commemoration the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War. This monograph illuminates the role of the Navy's top flag officers in Washington, in the Pacific area, and in the Korean theater of operations before and during the first chaotic six months of ...
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