Soldiers in the Union Army volunteered for many reasons—to reunite the country, to put down the southern rebellion. For most, however, slavery was a peripheral issue. Sympathy for slaves often came on
In this sequel to his The First Team, Lundstrom, a military researcher, concludes the history of US naval fighter combat during the first year of the Pacific War, December 1941 through November 1942.
This is the first paperback edition of the revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of public opinion. A surface warrior, Fletcher led the carrie
Fighter pilot Butch O'Hare became one of America's heroes in 1942 when he saved the carrier Lexington in what has been called the most daring single action in the history of combat aviation. In fascin
In this reissue of an award-winning contribution to naval literature, Buell USN ret. (now deceased) traces the career and probes the psychology of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886-1969), an American
Approved by Franklin D. Roosevelt to record the United States's naval efforts during World War II, the author offers the immediacy of events as they unfold, conveying the urgency of planning and prepa
