Craig L. Symonds: Annapolis Goes to War

Cover: 9780197752678 | Annapolis Goes to War | Craig L. Symonds | Buch | Englisch | 2025

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Beschreibung

America's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers-fresh out of the United States Naval Academy-who served on its front lines.

Über den Autor

Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, where he taught naval history for thirty years. He also served as the Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. His books include Decision at Sea, Lincoln and his Admirals, The Battle of Midway, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, World War II at Sea, and, most recently, Nimitz at War. He has won the Lincoln Prize, the Roosevelt Prize, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement. In 2023 he was awarded the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: Reef Points

PART I: MIDSHIPMEN

Chapter 1. Appointment

Chapter 2. Plebe Year

Chapter 3. Youngster Cruise

Chapter 4. Youngsters

Chapter 5. Beat Army

Chapter 6. Firsties

PART II: JUNIOR OFFICERS

Chapter 7. The Real Navy

Chapter 8. The Cusp of War

Chapter 9: Infamy

Chapter 10. Retribution

Chapter 11. U-Boats, Convoys, and Matrimony

Chapter 12: The Turning Point: The Coral Sea and Midway

PART III: ON THE OFFENSIVE

Chapter 13. Savo Island

Chapter 14. Ironbottom Sound

Chapter 15. Flight Training

Chapter 16. The Med

Chapter 17. Submarine Warfare

Chapter 18: "Moored as Before"

PART IV: VALEDICTION

Chapter 19. Semper Fidelis

Chapter 19. Command

Chapter 20. Decisive Battles

Chapter 21. Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Chapter 22. Victory

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780197752678
ISBN-10:	0197752675
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Symonds, Craig L.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press OUP USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	238 x 162 x 31 mm
Von/Mit:	Craig L. Symonds
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.09.2025
Gewicht:	0,642 kg