Elmer b potter (20 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm. William F. Halsey was one of the leading American personalities of World War I. His reputation as a no-holds-barred fighter and his tough-guy expression earned him the nickname Bull, yet he was also known for showing genuine compassion toward his men and inspiring them to great feats in the Pacific. Originally disclaiming the praise heaped on him, Halsey eventually came to believe in the swashbuckling legend that surrounded him, and his conduct became increasingly controversial.Naval historian E. B. Potter, who established his reputation with an award-winning biography of Chester W. Nimitz, gets behind the stereotype of this national hero and describes Halsey at his best and worst, including his controversial actions at Leyte Gulf. To write this book Potter had full access to Halsey's family and to the admiral's private papers and provides detail of Halsey's youth and career before the war. First published in 1985, it remains the definitive study.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War I, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more colorful warriors in the Pacific such as MacArthur and Halsey. Potter's lively and authoritative style fleshes out Admiral Nimitz's personality to help listeners appreciate the contributions he made as the principal architect of Japan's defeat. Following the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, President Roosevelt named Nimitz as commander of the Pacific Fleet. An experienced and respected leader, Nimitz was also an effective military strategist who directed U.S. forces as they closed in on Japan, beginning in May and June of 1942 with the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. Nimitz was promoted to the newly-created rank of fleet admiral in 1944 and became the naval equivalent to the army's General Dwight Eisenhower. The book covers his full life, from a poverty-stricken childhood to postwar appointments as Chief of Naval Operations and U.N. mediator. It candidly reveals Nimitz's opinions of Halsey, Kimmel, King, Spruance, MacArthur, and more.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm. William F. Halsey was one of the leading American personalities of World War I. His reputation as a no-holds-barred fighter and his tough-guy expression earned him the nickname Bull, yet he was also known for showing genuine compassion toward his men and inspiring them to great feats in the Pacific. Originally disclaiming the praise heaped on him, Halsey eventually came to believe in the swashbuckling legend that surrounded him, and his conduct became increasingly controversial.Naval historian E. B. Potter, who established his reputation with an award-winning biography of Chester W. Nimitz, gets behind the stereotype of this national hero and describes Halsey at his best and worst, including his controversial actions at Leyte Gulf. To write this book Potter had full access to Halsey's family and to the admiral's private papers and provides detail of Halsey's youth and career before the war. First published in 1985, it remains the definitive study.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War I, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more colorful warriors in the Pacific such as MacArthur and Halsey. Potter's lively and authoritative style fleshes out Admiral Nimitz's personality to help listeners appreciate the contributions he made as the principal architect of Japan's defeat. Following the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, President Roosevelt named Nimitz as commander of the Pacific Fleet. An experienced and respected leader, Nimitz was also an effective military strategist who directed U.S. forces as they closed in on Japan, beginning in May and June of 1942 with the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. Nimitz was promoted to the newly-created rank of fleet admiral in 1944 and became the naval equivalent to the army's General Dwight Eisenhower. The book covers his full life, from a poverty-stricken childhood to postwar appointments as Chief of Naval Operations and U.N. mediator. It candidly reveals Nimitz's opinions of Halsey, Kimmel, King, Spruance, MacArthur, and more.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 421 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket.

Hardback. Condición: Used; Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDBiography: Historical, Political & MilitaryVery Good Copy, may have remainder mark.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) An authoritative history of American sea power from the War for Independence through to Vietnam. The major operations and battles in all the US wars are described, with a wealth of maps and diagrams illuminating the accounts of strategy and tactics. Looks at the Naval leaders, history and development of the Navy, and the major technological developments including sail to steam, wood to iron to steel, and coal to oil to nuclear power. (Published: 1971) (Publisher: Galahad Books, NY) (ISBN: 0883651963) (Pagination: Large format, 299pp, 230 + illustrations, index) (Condition: Good in dw) UL-XXXXXX.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Near fine copy in a very good, very slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 507 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. Subjects; United States. Navy. Biography. Amiraux E?tats-Unis. Biographies. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. DJ in archival cover folds.

First Edition. Near fine copy in a very good, very slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 507 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. Subjects; United States. Navy. Biography. Amiraux E?tats-Unis. Biographies. 1 Kg. …

Condición: very good. First Paperbk Edition. First Printing. 27 cm, 421, wraps, maps, sources, notes, index, sticker residue on rear cover.

Condición: very good, very good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 421, illus., maps, DJ edges slightly worn, publisher's ephemera laid in.

Hardcover. Condición: very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. 1st Edition. 25 cm. xii, [2], 494, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps and Diagrams. Sources. Chapter Notes. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Elmer Belmont "Ned" Potter (27 December 1908 - 22 November 1997) was an American historian and writer. Potter was the leading naval historian at the United States Naval Academy from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. He was editor of the Naval Academy's textbook on naval history, Sea Power: A Naval History, in collaboration with Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In 1941, Potter joined the U.S. Naval Reserve and was assigned to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, where he began to teach history. With the exception of three years service in the Pacific theater in 1943-45, Potter spent his entire career at the Naval Academy until he retired in 1977. Potter lectured widely on naval history and was a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, the American Historical Association, and the American Association of University Professors. Told by a historian who was chairman of naval history at Annapolis for twenty years, here is the first full chronicle of the sailor who was at the time was World War II's last living naval hero. Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 - January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), the lead ship of its class of Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyers, was commissioned in Burke's honor in 1991. The honor of naming a vessel after a living figure was only the fourth time it had been bestowed since 1861. In WWII He successively commanded Destroyer Division 43, Destroyer Division 44, Destroyer Squadron 12, and Destroyer Squadron 23. DesRon 23, known as the "Little Beavers", covered the initial landings in Bougainville in November 1943, and fought in 22 separate engagements during the next four months. During this time, the Little Beavers were credited with destroying one Japanese cruiser, nine destroyers, one submarine, several smaller ships, and approximately 30 aircraft. Burke's standing orders to his task force were, "Destroyers to attack on enemy contact WITHOUT ORDERS from the task force commander." In March 1944, Burke was promoted to Chief of Staff to the Commander of Task Force 58, the Fifth Fleet's Fast Carrier Task Force, which was commanded by Admiral Marc Mitscher. The transfer stemmed from a directive from the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King, that required a surface commander such as Admiral Raymond A. Spruance to have an aviator as Chief of Staff, and an air commander, such as Mitscher, to have a surface officer as Chief of Staff. Neither Mitscher nor Burke were happy with the arrangement, but as time passed Burke realized he had been given one of the most important assignments in the Navy, and his hard work and diligence eventually warmed Mitscher to him. Burke was promoted to the temporary rank of Commodore, and participated in all the force's naval engagements until June 1945, near the end of the war. He was aboard both USS Bunker Hill and USS Enterprise when they were hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft during the Okinawa campaign. As Chief of Naval Operations hr supported the notoriously demanding Admiral Hyman Rickover in the development of a nuclear-powered submarine force, and instituted the development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, which led to the Polaris missile program, headed by Burke's selectee Rear Admiral W. F. "Red" Raborn. Burke convened the Project Nobska anti-submarine warfare conference in 1956 at the suggestion of Columbus Iselin II, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where discussion ranged from oceanography to nuclear weapons. At the conference, a statement by Edward Teller that a physically small one-megaton warhead suitable for Polaris could be developed led to Burke's adoption of Polaris over Ju. William J. Clipson (Maps) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. 27 cm. xiii, [3], 421, [1] pages. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Maps. Sources. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., (October 30, 1882 - August 16, 1959), known as "Bull" Halsey, was an American admiral during World War II. He is one of the four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy. Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Great White Fleet and, during World War I, commanded the USS Shaw. He took command of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in 1935 and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1938. At the start of the War in the Pacific, Halsey commanded the task force centered on the carrier USS Enterprise. Halsey led the Allied forces over the course of the Battle for Guadalcanal and the fighting up the Solomon chain. In 1943 he was made commander of the Third Fleet. He took part in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of the Second World War and, by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history. He was promoted to fleet admiral in December 1945 and retired from active service in March 1947. Derived from a Kirkus review: A blunt appraisal of the fighting admiral whose risky tactics made him one of WW II's great heroes. Potter, sometime chairman of the naval history department at Annapolis, had access to Halsey's private papers, which include an evident wealth of material not in his 1947 autobiography. He also had the cooperation of Halsey family members. The author is able to provide details on Halsey's youth, his scholarship and gridiron heroics as a Naval Academy midshipman (Class of 1904), and Halsey's upwardly mobile service in the pre-Pearl Harbor Navy. Halsey was a pioneering advocate of naval air power who earned his wings at age 51 and won promotion to rear admiral in 1938. Potter devotes the bulk of his text to a balanced account of the leading role played by Halsey in the defeat of the Japanese. In the spring of 1942, he commanded Task Force 16 from which the Air Force's Jimmie Doolittle launched his daring raid on Tokyo. Potter's diligent research has allowed him to offer a coherent, revelatory narrative which addresses Halsey's shortcomings as well as his valorous achievements. Third printing [stated]. The 1988 second printing was with corrections]. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover price clipped.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Published by Naval Institute Press in 2008, this is the 3rd printing (softback) of Elmer Potter's NIMITZ. 507 pages, maps, illustrations, glossy pictorial card covers the book is in very good condition. The book is heavy and therefore due to the ridiculous corporate carrier increases of the last 2 years additional postage must be applied to areas outside Europe as follows: Rest of the World £8.…

Leinen, gebunden; grauer Einband mit schwarzer Rückenprägung und farbig illustriertem Schutzumschlag / Anz. Seiten: 1201 / 22,5 x 27,9 cm / mit 342 Kartenskizzen und Graphiken / Zustand: sehr gut, geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Schutzumschlag etwas berieben, Schnitt leicht gebräunt Sprache: de.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. shelf wear, edge wear, with small tear at top of front spine edge. 932 pages. There is some underlining in pen and red thin markers on pages 1-45; 97- 101; 105 - 186 & 205 -245. Other than that the book is in very good condition. S10 5. Photo Reproductions, Maps (ilustrador).…