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Lists sources on US naval history, encompassing books, documents, manuscript collections, dissertations, periodical articles and essays, transcripts of oral interviews, films and videos, audio cassettes, and fiction and literature. This edition omits most titles that deal with ancient through early modern sea power, and adds coverage of the period from the Reagan to the Clinton presidency. Entries now include number of pages and contain notes on whether texts include maps, illustrations, and diagrams. The author taught at the US Naval Academy for 37 years and retired with the grade of Captain after 30 years in the Naval Reserves. First published in 1988 by University Press of America, Inc., as A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of American Naval History. The first edition was an updated version of A Bibliography of American Naval History, 1981, published by Naval Institute Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book provides a historical background to the problems met during the early days of defense unification of the three U.S. military services: the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. The author analyzes the problem of unification during both peacetime and wartime, showing how the Korean War served to point up the capabilities and limitations of the three services.

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This biography of Admiral Marc Mitscher follows him from his days at the Naval Academy through his days in two World Wars: commanding three naval air stations during WWI, and then as Commander Fleet Air for many missions in the east during WWII, including the Battle of Midway, the Marianas, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Following WWII, he served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) and finally as Commander, Atlantic Fleet. He was the first aviator to make admiral and fill combat commands.

Analyzes Taft's domestic and foreign policies and the nature and extent of his leadership as president.

This text offers conclusions drawn from the study of the contributions of sea power to Allied/American victory in World War II. While naval strategy and tactics are considered, great emphasis has been placed upon the American bridge of ships that made logistic support for the Allies possible. Details have been garnered from the study of records in the Italian Naval History Office, British Naval Defence Library, and a host of American, British, French, and Italian archival and manuscript collections in addition to many secondary works and articles. The book includes 48 pages of maps and photographs.