Derek Law's Bibliography

Category: Naval Leaders

Name: Naval Leaders
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Documents: 5

4037 DAVIES, David Twiston. The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries. 432p., index. London: Grub Street, 2004. ISBN: 1904010911.

Some one hundred post-1980 obituaries, including a sprinkling of non-British entries.

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4038 EDWARDS, Kenneth. Men of Action. 319p., illus. London: Collins, 1944.

Brief biographies of some 19 of the major Allied naval figures of the war.

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4039 HOWARTH, Stephen. Men of War: Great Naval Leaders of World War II. xxii, 602p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: St. Martin's, 1992. ISBN: 0297810936.

Thirty-one short accounts of leaders from the high command and the battlefield; 9 British, 4 German, 15 American, and 3 Japanese. The 26 contributors provide accounts ranging from the balanced to the vitriolic, from the authoritative to the impressionistic.

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4040 WRAGG, David. Fighting Admirals of World War II. ix, 198p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 1844158608.

Twenty-three very short accounts of leaders from the major participants. Rather desultory coverage.

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GRAY, Edwyn. Captains of War: They Fought Beneath the Sea. x, 275p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Leo Cooper, 1988. ISBN: 0850522463.

The author examines the careers and personalities of seventeen submariners - British, German, Japanese, American, Polish and Italian from both world wars.

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