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Pearl Harbor
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Admiral Richard Wainright and the United States Fleet
From the Forward by Admiral Harry E. Yarnell: "This book has two notable characteristics: it gives a biography of one of the outstanding officers of his time who labored incessantly during his years of service to make the ships and personnel of the Navy an efficient fighting organization; it also gives a graphic account of the depths to which the Navy sank in the years following the Civil War." From the Introduction by Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller: "Some men make a deep impression upon the events of their times and greatly affect the future without becoming well know to history. Admiral Wainwright was apparently one of these men. He has left his enduring mark upon the development of the powerful U.S. Navy that today is the first defense of not only America but of all nations that love freedom." After being appointed to United States Naval Academy by President Lincoln at recommendation of Admiral Farragut, Wainwight went on to become a hero of the Spanish American War, and eventually Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.
At Close Quarters
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Master of Seapower
A comprehensive biography of the most powerful naval officer in the history of the United States who was the controversial architect of the American victory in the Pacific. Someone once asked Admiral Ernest J. King if it was he who said, ""When they get in trouble they send for the sonsabitches."" He replied that he was not -—but that he would have said it if he had thought of it. Although never accused of having a warm personality, Ernest J. King commanded the respect of everyone familiar with his work. His is one of the great American naval careers, his place in history forever secured by a remarkable contribution to the Allied victory in the Second World War. ""Lord how I need him,"" wr...
