Admiral "Bull" Halsey : the life and wars of the Navy's most controversial commander / John Wukovits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wukovits, John F., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halsey, William F. (William Frederick), 1882-1959.

Halsey, William F.

Admirals--United States--Biography.

Admirals.

United States.

United States. Navy--Biography.

United States. Navy.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"To list the major campaigns Admiral Halsey helped lead is to glimpse the entirety of the struggle against Japan during the Pacific War. He led or participated significantly in the Navy's first offensive strikes of the war against the Marshall Islands and Wake Island, the Guadalcanal campaign, and the occupation of Japan. As a commander, he never shied away from enemy engagement, but always boldly entered into battle, ready for a fight. Here, historian John Wukovits illuminates the life of a man whose daring tactics and quotable wit made him the Navyþs most attractive public relations phenomenon during WWII. The Associated Press wrote at the time that Halsey "was all the United States Navy needed." Europe had Patton; the Pacific had William "the Bull" Halsey"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-275) and index.

ISBN:

9780230602847

0230602843

OCLC:

473125465