Download e-book for iPad: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. by Thomas B. Buell,John B. Lundstrom

By Thomas B. Buell,John B. Lundstrom

ISBN-10: 0870215620

ISBN-13: 9780870215629

ISBN-10: 1591140854

ISBN-13: 9781591140856

Regarded because the average biography of global conflict II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this paintings is now to be had in exchange paperback for the 1st time. Spruance, victor of the battles of halfway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the 5th Fleet within the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is among the towering figures in American naval heritage. but his reserved, cerebral character didn't make sturdy replica for correspondents, and until eventually the booklet of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive determine. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the character of the guy in addition to recording the achievements of the admiral during this fantastic biography, which received the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary fulfillment the yr of its publication.

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