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Master of Seapower : A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buell, Thomas B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Ernest Joseph, -- 1878-1956.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- United States. Navy--History--19th century.
- United States. Navy--History--20th century.
- Admirals--Naval operations, American--United States--Biography.
- Admirals.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956.
- King, Ernest Joseph.
- Local Subjects:
- King, Ernest Joseph, -- 1878-1956.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- United States. Navy--History--19th century.
- United States. Navy--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (656 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Master of Seapower
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first time in paperback for this standard biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, who was the controversial architect of the American victory in the Pacific. Once asked if it was he who said, 'When they get in trouble they send for the sonsabitches,' King replied that he was not, but that he would have said it if he had thought of it. 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 vic
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512105
- 1612512100
- OCLC:
- 861537841
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