Description: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier 22 July 1942 - 21 May 1944 History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Volume VI - Samuel Eliot Morison Reprint 1957 Charts, photos, maps ands 1 foldout map No Dust Jacket Very Good, Gilded lettering on spine is fading. 463 pages Samuel Eliot Morison who wrote to his friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt to offer himself as a “sea-going historiographer” to chronicle the activities of the U.S. Navy in World War II. “In order to do it the right way,” he told Roosevelt, “I must have a living, intimate connection with the Navy flagrante bello. An armchair history job after peace is concluded won’t do.” Before April was out, Morison was meeting with Navy officials to accept a commission as a lieutenant commander and discuss the logistics of his globe-spanning assignment. Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.
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Book Title: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier 22 July 1942 - 21 M
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Eyewitness, Arleigh Burke
Subjects: History & Military
Binding: Hardcover
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Age Level: Adults
City: Bismarcks
Publisher: Atlantic / Little, Brown, and Company
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
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Publication Year: 1957
Series: History of United States Naval Operations in WWII
Type: Academic History
Era: 1940s
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Special Attributes: Hardcover
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Region: South Pacific
Country: United States
Genre: World War II
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
