The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

By (author): "Thomas B. Buell"
Publish Date: 1974
The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
ISBN0870215620
ISBN139780870215629
AsinThe Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
CharactersChester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance
Original titleThe Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make good copy for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.