Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
Författare till Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
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Edwin P. Hoyt (1923-2005) was an independent historian who published nearly two hundred books, mostly in the area of military history, including The Last Kamikaze and Hirohito. After serving in World War II with the Office of War Information, he was a journalist for more than a decade before visa mer becoming a full-time writer. visa färre
Serier
Verk av Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 exemplar
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 exemplar
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 exemplar
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 exemplar
The Last Stand: A Novel About George Armstrong Custer and the Indians of the Plains (1995) 9 exemplar
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 exemplar
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 exemplar
The Glorious Flattops 4 exemplar
American steamboat stories 3 exemplar
Leland Stanford 3 exemplar
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 exemplar
The space dealers; a hard look at the role of American business in our space effort (1971) 2 exemplar
The tempering years 2 exemplar
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 exemplar
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 exemplar
Count von Luckner; knight of the sea 2 exemplar
Deadly Craft: Fireships to PT Boats 2 exemplar
The supersalesmen 2 exemplar
The Jewel Hunters 1 exemplar
The Idea Men 1 exemplar
The Ghost Lane 1 exemplar
The wonders of prehistoric man 1 exemplar
Exploring the stamp world 1 exemplar
Whirlybirds: The Story of Helicopters 1 exemplar
Pusan Perimeter 1 exemplar
The defenders 1 exemplar
A matter of conscience 1 exemplar
Lost Statesmen 1 exemplar
The Voice of Allah 1 exemplar
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- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
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- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Födelsedag
- 1923-08-05
- Avled
- 2005-07-29
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Dödsort
- Tokyo, Japan
- Bostadsorter
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Utbildning
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Yrken
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (visa alla 7)
journalist - Organisationer
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (visa alla 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
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Statistik
- Verk
- 169
- Medlemmar
- 3,172
- Popularitet
- #8,055
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 41
- ISBN
- 287
- Språk
- 5
- Favoritmärkt
- 3
I bought this book, and several others on the subject after seeing DAS BOOT many years ago. This book filled in many details about life aboard German submarines and their prey. 15 pages of illustrations accompany the text.
My interest was also personal because my father and father-in-law both served aboard Liberty Ships, a favorite target of German submarines because their slow speed. Their cargo of trains, tanks, munitions and other supplies. Fortunately, both father and father-in-law returned home safely. Neither man talked of his war experiences but we were able to obtain their personnel files from the National Archives. Both served with distinction and came home safely after surviving some close calls at sea and at dockside during V-2 attacks in Amsterdam.
Hoyt's book reminds us that we never should take freedom for granted. Those who served and those who continue to serve should be honored for their service.… (mer)