Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History - Hardcover

Stillwell, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870210238 ISBN 13: 9780870210235

Publisher: Naval Inst Pr, 1991

Synopsis

A history of the ship from keel-laying in 1914, based heavily upon some hundred interviews with crewmen, and upon official documents. Abundant photos. A useful remembrance of the ship that, more than any other, changed the character of the modern warship. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Stillwell is an independent historian and retired naval officer. He worked for thirty years at the U.S. Naval Institute as an oral historian and editor of Naval History magazine. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including four on battleships and an award-winning volume on the Navy's first African American officers, The Golden Thirteen.

From Library Journal:

This study of Pearl Harbor's most famous casualty is less a biography of a warship than a sympathetic profile of the crew and their activities. Military hardware buffs may be disappointed with the lack of nuts-and-bolts technical detail about hull and weapon systems, but the story of the ship's career is presented in profusely illustrated detail. Stillwell conducted numerous interviews with Arizona veterans and ends up with a captivating group portrait of officers and enlisted men. He also provides highly readable insight into the swagger and professionalism that made up the once-invincible "Battleship Navy." Previewed in "The Day of Infamy in Print," LJ 9/1/91, p. 206-207.
- Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force His tory Prog., Los Angeles
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0870210238
• ISBN 13: 9780870210235
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 404