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Oral History of ADM Alan G. Kirk, USN, (Ret.)
Intensive biography including youth and education; USNA; European cruises; Asiatic Fleet, Canton, 1911; WWI, Fleet exercises; Naval Proving Ground; testing ordnance; Bureau of Ordance; Australia, 1925; fleet gunnery Officer; Naval War College, 1928-29; Naval Attache, London, 1929-41; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1941; codes and war plans; Atlantic Fleet; naval mission to London, 1942-43; WWII, Mediterranean; North African landings; Operation Husky Normandy; impressions of naval and political figures.
Oral History Interview with Alan G. Kirk
Background and education, Naval Academy; European cruises, Asiatic Fleet, Canton, 1911, Sun Yat Sen; World War I, fleet exercises; Naval Proving Ground, testing ordnance; Presidential yacht MAYFLOWER, Warren G. Harding; Bureau of Ordnance; Australia, 1925; fleet gunnery officer; Naval War College, 1928-29; Naval Attaché, London, 1939-41; Joseph P. Kennedy; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1941; codes and war plans; Atlantic Fleet; naval mission to London, 1942-43; Mediterranean; amphibious force, 1943; John Mason Brown; North African landings; Operation Husky; planning for Normandy; impressions of many outstanding naval and political figures.
The Russian Question
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Oral History Interview with Alan G. Kirk
Background and education, Naval Academy; European cruises, Asiatic Fleet, Canton, 1911, Sun Yat Sen; World War I, fleet exercises; Naval Proving Ground, testing ordnance; Presidential yacht MAYFLOWER, Warren G. Harding; Bureau of Ordnance; Australia, 1925; fleet gunnery officer; Naval War College, 1928-29; Naval Attaché, London, 1939-41; Joseph P. Kennedy; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1941; codes and war plans; Atlantic Fleet; naval mission to London, 1942-43; Mediterranean; amphibious force, 1943; John Mason Brown; North African landings; Operation Husky; planning for Normandy; impressions of many outstanding naval and political figures.
Protecting Uranium
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Ambassadors of the United States to the Soviet Union
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Alan Goodrich Kirk, Arthur A. Hartman, Charles E. Bohlen, Foy D. Kohler, George F. Kennan, Jack F. Matlock, Jr., Jacob D. Beam, Joseph E. Davies, Laurence Steinhardt, Llewellyn Thompson, Malcolm Toon, Robert Schwarz Strauss, Thomas Watson, Jr., W. Averell Harriman, Walter Bedell Smith, Walter John Stoessel, Jr., William Christian Bullitt, Jr., William Harrison Standley. Excerpt: Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. (born October 1, 1929) is a former American ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, an historian, and a linguist. He was a special...
Distinguished Service
When her husband is offered the assignment of U.S. Naval attach in London in 1939, Lydia Chapin Kirk packs up her family and embarks on a lifelong journey, one in which she becomes a first hand witness to the extraordinary world events of her time. Writing first from the vantage point of a young girl in Erie, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Washington before World War I, and then with her husband in his posts as U.S. Naval officer and as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Moscow, and Taiwan during the Cold War, Kirk's historical memoir offers a fascinating portrait of a remarkable life. She shares the unique challenges encountered as a diplomat's spouse and the complex social responsibilities she navigate...
