War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II - Hardcover

Miller, Nathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684803801 ISBN 13: 9780684803807

Publisher: Scribner, 1995

Synopsis

A naval history of the Second World War covers each of the sea battles as recorded in ship logs, intelligence documents, official reports, and servicemen interviews. 20,000 first printing. BOMC & History Alt. Tour.

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About the Author

Nathan Miller, a journalist, historian, and naval scholar, is the author of twelve books of history and biography, including The U.S. Navy: A History, which is used as a textbook at the U.S. Naval Academy, and the widely acclaimed Theodore Roosevelt: A Life. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Review

"Lively, informative, and richly textured....Well-researched and well-written, this is both an excellent reference volume and an engaging naval history that is a pleasure to read."--Sea Power

"Finally, a one-volume naval history of World War II that does justice to the enormous scope and detail of the subject. Entertaining, insightful, and a damn good read."--James F. Dunnigan, author of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War and How to Make War

"The general reader and specialist alike should set aside Samuel Eliot Morison and all the others and just devour Nathan Miller's classic tale of the navies of World War II."--Kenneth J. Hagan, U.S. Naval Academy and author of This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power

"This excellent naval history of WWII proves that it hasn't all been said....The book is remarkably alive and brings out in dramatic relief the problems that confronted commanders at sea on both sides in this conflict to dominate the world's oceans. And miller illustrates these problems with vivid on-deck reporting, drawing on the experiences of the men who were there."--Sea History

"A book that is as captivating and intriguing as a novel."--Library Journal

"With authoritative analysis, and in one volume, Miller majestically relates the history of the last great sea war for the general reader....Sweeping....Compelling."--Publishers Weekly

"Nathan Miller's long-awaited War at Sea does what no other book has done--it captures the worldwide ocean conflict in one sweeping narrative. This book puts the reader in the action, from the dank, interiors of U-boats tracking convoys in the Atlantic to the cockpits of divebombers closing in on Japan. Miller ties it all together with authoritative analysis; not only what the admirals did, but why, and what their decisions meant. This is the best single-volume naval history I have ever read."--Ernest B. Furgurson, author of Chancellorsville: 1863

"Fifty years after the last torpedo was fired, we finally have a history worth of the men who fought, suffered, and died in the greatest sea war history will ever know. The general reader and specialist alike should set aside Samuel Eliot Morison and all the others and just devour Nathan Miller's classic tale of the navies of World War II. It's all here; grand strategies, warring personalities, conflicting tactics, imperfect technologies, U-boats, convoys, battleships and amphibians."--Kenneth J. Hagan, U.S. Naval Academy and author of This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power

"Nathan Miller has completed a very difficult task, that of compressing the naval history of World War II into a single volume. His research is extensive and impecable, and all of the details of the story of each component of the war are carefully integrated. In addition many personal incidents and viewpoints have been inserted to make this history very readable. This is a first-rate work and is the best history of its kind yet written."--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, USN (Ret.), author of The Naval Officers Guide and Pursuit of the Seawolf

"Finally, a one-volume naval history of World War II that does justice to the enormous scope and detail of the subject. A personal account portrayed against a vast canvas. Entertaining, insightful, and a damn good read."--James F. Dunnigan, author of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War and How to Make War

"Nathan Miller's War at Sea is superb: comprehensive and balanced in scope, fair and measured in judgement, and full of colorful and textured detail to bring alive the tale of the greatest sea conflict in history. This should become the standard popular history of World War II."--Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle

"War at Sea is history at its most entertaining and informative, and its fresh details will be a welcome surprise to naval history buffs who think they know the full story. Naval operations are fitted neatly into the overall story of World War II. The book is so comprehensive yet so finely crafted that it reminds me of a beautiful model of a ship of the line."--Vice Admiral George P. Steele (Ret.), former Commander of the Seventh Fleet, U.S. Navy

"Excellent, well-written--just the right amount of detail. Readable and informative."--Arthur L. Johnson, SUNY-Potsdam

Edition details

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0684803801
• ISBN 13: 9780684803807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 592