The Quiet Warrior
A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2009
560 pages
978-1-61251-211-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make good copy for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.
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By Thomas B. Buell; Introduction by John B. Lundstrom
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- THE QUIET WARRIOR
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- I. BEFORE THE WAR
- 1. Heritage
- 2. The Apprentice
- 3. Marriage
- 4. Peace
- 5. Prelude to War
- II. THE WAR
- 6. Cruiser Division Commander
- 7. War Begins
- 8. The Marshalls Raid
- 9. More Raids
- 10. Midway Preliminaries
- 11. The Battle of Midway
- 12. Chief of Staff
- 13. Planning for the Gilberts
- 14. The Gilberts
- 15. Planning for the Marshalls
- 16. The Marshalls
- 17. Marianas Preliminaries
- 18. Battle of the Philippine Sea
- 19. The Mariana's Campaign
- 20. Planning for Iwo Jima and Okinawa
- 21. Iwo Jima
- 22. Okinawa
- 23. Victory and Occupation
- III. AFTER THE WAR
- 24. President, Naval War College
- 25. Ambassador to the Phillippines
- 26. The Final Years
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix I: Five Stars
- Appendix II: Definition of an Admiral
- Appendix III: Decorations and Awards of Admiral Spruance
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Bibliographical Notes
- Index
- About the Editor
