Books by Samuel Eliot Morison
“As soon as the US entered World War II, he wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt, a fellow Harvard alum, asking to be commissioned as the official historian of the US Navy and to be allowed to serve on vessels in combat zones. Morrison saw service on eleven different ships over the course of World War II and saw battle repeatedly. After the war, he published a magnificent 15-volume history of the Navy’s war. This book is the short one volume version.If you want to understand what World War II felt like for a participant, with the perspective of a great historian, this would be the book.” Read more...
The best books on American Naval History
John Kroger, Military Historians & Veteran
Interviews where books by Samuel Eliot Morison were recommended
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US Navy: A Concise History
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
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Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery
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The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War
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Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy
by Trent Hone
The best books on American Naval History, recommended by John Kroger
The best books on American Naval History, recommended by John Kroger
The story of the American navy is deeply intertwined with that of the nation, says John Kroger—former Chief Learning Officer to the US Navy—although we don’t always afford naval history the attention it deserves. Here he selects five of the best books about American naval history and predicts a renewed focus on Pacific naval defenses in the coming decades.
