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Thiry-four selections that best represent Morison's scope, depth, and vigor as a writer and explorer. Samuel Morison, a Harvard professor for 25 years, was recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Award.
Naval historian; impressions of Admiral William Halsey.
Volume III: The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942 chronicles the difficult early months of the campaign in the Pacific, detailing the navy's reverses at Wake Island, in the Philippines, and along the Malay Barrier.
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This book is a record of the penultimate phase of the Pacific War. The Battle for Leyte Gulf is not only the greatest naval battle of all time, but one of the most controversial engagements in the American War in the Pacific.
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At a time when his colleagues prided themselves on their ability to write the dullest prose on narrowest topics, Morison (1887-1976) set out to write history that would appeal to the general public without loss of intellectual rigor, and succeeded.