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Navy fought six major engagements in waters surrounding guadalcanal, more bitter and bloody than any naval battle in american history. He was named for his maternal grandfather samuel eliot a historian, educator, and publicminded citizen of boston and hartford, connecticut. The invasion of france and germany, 19441945 by samuel eliot morison with this volume, samuel eliot morison recounts the u. Samuel eliot morison was an american historian noted for his works of maritime history and american history that were both authoritative and popular. Preface p vii the mixture of political, social and economic history is presented without the academic baggage of footnotes. But i doubt that any of these discoveries will prove samuel eliot morison to have been anything but a first rate and uncompromising historian and writer of the history of united states naval operations in world war ii. Download history of united states naval operations in world war ii.
Combining a gift for narrative with meticulous scholarship, he led the reader back into history to relive the adventures of such figures as ferdinand magellan, christopher columbus, and sir francis. Pauls at concord, new hampshire, before entering harvard university, from which. Pdf admiral of the ocean sea download full pdf book. History of united states naval operations by samuel eliot. He was the recipient of two pulitzer prizes, two bancroft prizes, and the presidential medal of freedom. The struggle for guadalcanal, august 1942february 1943, the u.
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