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Naval Admirals
 Famous
American Admirals
When first published in 1978, this book was immediately recognized as
a useful and interesting source of information on U.S. naval and maritime flag
officers. That reputation remains today, although copies have become hard to
find in recent years, even in secondhand bookstores. Now with the publication of
this reprint, a new generation of readers drawn to naval history can enjoy the
215 biographies presented. All of the top fleet and task force commanders, naval
strategists, fighters, reformers, inventors, and legendary heroes in American
naval history are covered, from the revolutionary John Paul Jones (who made flag
rank only in the Russian navy) to the dynamic though controversial Hyman G.
Rickover.
Along with photographs or portraits, every entry highlights the dynamic
careers of leaders selected from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Maritime Service,
Confederate States Navy, and even the Republic of Texas Navy. Each biographical
sketch gives the complete service record, including ship and shore billets, as
well as personal and academic background, battles fought, and the feats that
made the subject famous. With all these details, the book adds up to a
remarkably thorough biographical profile of American naval and maritime history.
Accompanying the text is an appendix listing all major U.S. and Confederate
naval commands and commanders since 1775 and an index of ship names, officers,
battles, and campaigns.
Admiral
Dan Gallery : The Life and Wit of a Navy Original
by C. Herbert Gilliland, et al
(Hardcover - October 1999)
From Booklist
October 1, 1999
Almost as entertaining as its subject, this is the story of a true
twentieth-century navy original, Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery. Mixing
conventional biographical narrative with excerpts from Gallery's abundant
writings, fictional and nonfictional, the book makes it abundantly clear that,
although capturing the German U-505 in 1944 and lobbying to have it preserved in
Chicago in 1954 were the admiral's finest achievements, they weren't the only
ones. Gallery was an Olympic wrestler; an early naval aviator; a charismatic and
effective commander of units of many sizes, including a carrier task group; a
gifted writer, especially of humor; and a stormy petrel on behalf of his beloved
navy and, particularly, its carriers--and the foreword by novelist Herman Wouk,
Gallery's friend, cites a few additional dimensions. A welcome portrait of a man
who added much to the effectiveness of the U.S. Navy and to the amount of fun in
the cosmos. Roland Green
The
Great Admirals : Command at Sea, 1587-1945
by Jack Sweetman(Editor)
(Hardcover - October 1997)
Mr. Sweetman has done a fine job with this interesting and readable
collection. From Drake to Farragut to Togo to Halsey, this book will draw you in
to examine the great generals of the past, detailing the decisive battles they
commanded. The essays by the editor also supply a wealth of information about
the history and tactics of naval warfare. A fine tome.
Reviewer: Scott_Jones@gtech.com
from Rhode Island, USA February
20, 1998
- The
Admiral : The Memoirs of Albert Gleaves, Admiral, Usn
- Admiral
David Dixon Porter : The Civil War Years
- Admiral
David Glasgow Farragut : The Civil War Years
- Admiral
John H. Towers : The Struggle for Naval Air Supremacy
- Admirals
of the New Steel Navy : Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930
- Alfred
Von Tirpitz and German Right-Wing Politics, 1914-1930 (Studies in Central
European Histories)
- Andrew
Foote : Civil War Admiral on Western Waters (Library of Naval Biography)
- Autobiography
of George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy
- Black
Brass : Black Generals and Admirals in the Armed Forces of the United States
- Brave
Benbow
- Bull
Halsey
- Confederate
Admiral : The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan (Library of Naval
Biography)
- David
Glasgow Farragut : Our First Admiral (Discovery Biography)
- Devotion
to Duty : A Biography of Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague
- Dictionary
of Admirals of the U. S. Navy : 1901-1918
- Dictionary
of Admirals of the U.S. Navy : 1862-1900
- Drake
& the 16Th-Century Explorers (Great Explorer Series)
- Fighting
Admirals : British Admirals of the Second World War
- John
Paul Jones : Father of the U.S. Navy (Revolutionary War Leaders)
- John
Paul Jones : Hero of the Seas
- Kinkaid
of the Seventh Fleet : A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy
- Lincoln's
Admiral : The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
- Magnificent
Mitscher
- Master
of Sea Power : A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (Classics of
Naval Literature)
- Nimitz
- A
Quest for Glory : A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
- The
Quiet Warrior : A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (Classics of
Naval Literature)
- Raphael
Semmes : The Philosophical Mariner
- Revolt
of the Admirals: The Fight for Naval Aviation, 1945-50
- Sea
Wolf : The Daring Exploits of Navy Legend John D. Bulkeley
- Target
Hiroshima : Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
- A
Vietnam Experience : Ten Years of Reflection
- The
200 Year Legacy of Stephen Decatur, 1798-1998
- Admiral
Marc A. Mitscher and U.S. Naval Aviation : Bald Eagle (Studies in American
History, Vol 12)
- Admiral
Satan : The Life and Campaigns of Suffren
- Admiral
William A. Moffett and U.S. Naval Aviation (Studies in American History, Vol
13)
- Admiral
William Shepherd Benson : First Chief of Naval Operations
- An
Admiral's Yarn (U.S. Naval War College Historical Monograph Series, No. 14.)
- Admiral
William Shepherd Benson : First Chief of Naval Operations
- David
Farragut and the Great Naval Blockade (History of the Civil War Series)
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