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Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke : The Story of a Fighting Sailor
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Ken.
- Series:
- Bluejacket Bks.
- Bluejacket books Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996.
- Burke, Arleigh A.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- United States.
- Admirals--United States--Biography.
- United States--History, Naval--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- Admirals--Naval operations, American--United States--Biography.
- Admirals.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Local Subjects:
- Admirals--United States--Biography.
- Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996.
- United States--History, Naval--20th century.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Admiral Arleigh
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Burke's World War II heroics and unprecedented three terms as chief of naval operations are recounted in this stirring biography.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Table of Contents; 1. Crisis in the Middle East; 2. Early Days of a Viking; 3. Midshipman Burke; 4. Mr. Burke Meets the Navy; 5. Promotion-Command-Combat; 6. Burke's Finest Hours; 7. The Bee Hive; 8. A Postgraduate Course in Suicides; 9. A Mind of His Own; 10. Chief of Naval Operations; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612515526
- 1612515525
- OCLC:
- 865333734
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