Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King by Buell, Thomas B - 2012

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995. 2nd Edition 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second edition, 3rd printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine and unmarked. xxxviii, 609pp inc. Chronology, Bibliography, Bibliographical Notes, INdex; illustrated in photos.

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Paperback / softback. New. A comprehensive biography of the most powerful naval officer in the history of the United States who was the controversial architect of the American victory in the Pacific. Someone once asked Admiral Ernest J. King if it was he who said, ""When they get in trouble they send for the sonsabitches."" He replied that he was not -- but that he would have said it if he had thought of it. Although never accused of having a warm personality, Ernest J. King commanded the respect of everyone familiar with his work. His is one of the great American naval careers, his place in history forever secured by a remarkable contribution to the Allied victory in the Second World War. ""Lord how I need him,"" wrote Navy Secretary Frank Knox on December 23, 1941, the day he summoned King to take control of the Navy at its lowest point, the aftermath of Pearl harbor. Raised in a stern Calvinist home in Lorain, Ohio,… Read More

Naval Inst Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. 656 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.75 inches.