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The quiet warrior : a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance / by Thomas B. Buell ; with an introduction and notes by John B. Lundstrom.
- Title
- The quiet warrior : a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance / by Thomas B. Buell ; with an introduction and notes by John B. Lundstrom.
- Author
- Buell, Thomas B.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | V63.S68 B8 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxvi, 518 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Classics of naval literature
- Uniform Title
- Classics of naval literature.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little Brown, 1974.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [478]-508.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Heritage -- The apprentice -- Marriage -- Peace -- Prelude to war -- Cruiser Division Commander -- War begins -- The Marshalls raid -- More raids -- Midway preliminaries -- The Battle of Midway -- Chief of Staff -- Planning for the Gilberts -- The Gilberts -- Planning for the Marshalls -- The Marshalls -- Marianas preliminaries -- Battle of the Philippine Sea -- The Marianas campaign -- Planning for Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa -- Victory and occupation -- President, Naval War College -- Ambassador to the Philippines -- The final years. Appendix I. Five stars -- Appendix II. Definition of an Admiral -- Appendix III. Decorations, awards, and honors.
- ISBN
- 0870215620 :
- LCCN
- ^^^87015177^
- OCLC
- 16090079
- SCSB-12200007
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library