num_pages: 544
description: Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make good copy for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.
language: English
title: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
titlecomplete: The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)
characters: Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance
genres: American, Biography, Military Fiction, Naval History, American History, Nonfiction, History, Military History, World War II, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 272
publisher: Naval Inst Pr