Detailed item info | Size | | Height: | 9.8 in. | | Width: | 6.8 in. | | Thickness: | 1.5 in. | | Weight: | 32.8 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A naval history of the Second World War covers each of the sea battles as recorded in ship logs, intelligence documents, official reports, and servicemen interviews. 20,000 first printing. BOMC & History Alt. Tour.
| | Industry reviews | Miller, whose book The U.S. Navy: An Illustrated History (Morrow, 1990. rev. ed.) is used as a text at the Naval Academy, has written a book that is as captivating and intriguing as a novel. It tells all sides of the history of naval warfare during World War II. Each chapter deals with a specific campaign or policy. A positive point of the work is that Miller didn't write a sanitized history. He clearly presents mistakes, both good and bad, and good or bad judgment from all sides. Extensive footnotes provide additional information, anecdotes, and clarifications of official accounts. Essential for libraries dealing with military and American history and highly recomended for other libraries. Terry Wirick, Erie Cty. Lib. System, Pa.
Adams
With authoritative analysis, and in one volume, Miller majestically relates the history of the last great sea war for the general reader, from the sinking of the passenger ship Athenia on September 3, 1939, to the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. The battle to secure the seas was the one campaign fought from the beginning of the conflict to its conclusion. The narrative covers the major operations of the American, British, Canadian, Soviet, German, Japanese and Italian navies, with recollections by those who manned the ships and planes. Miller's sweeping version of the Battle of the Atlantic German U-boats versus Allied convoys confirms that victory went to the Allies when American shipyards succeeded in producing merchant vessels faster than the Germans could sink them. His compelling account of the turning-point Battle of Midway reveals how the supremacy of carrier aircraft as the decisive factor in modern naval warfare was established. Miller is the author of FDR: An Intimate History. History Book Club main selection; BOMC alternate. (Sept.)
Bernstein
Describes every major naval battle of WWII from 1939 to 1945, with details on all combatants, including the four primary navies of the US, Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as the Canadian, Italian, and Soviet navies. Draws on archival materials and interviews with surviving servicemen and emphasizing personal accounts and anecdotes and to discuss the use of new technology of warfare such as submarines and aircraft carriers which replaced reliance on battleships. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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