Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
Autore di Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro becoming a full-time writer. mostra meno
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Opere di Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 copie
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 copie
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 copie
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 copie
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 copie
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 copie
The Glorious Flattops 4 copie
Leland Stanford 3 copie
American steamboat stories 3 copie
The supersalesmen 2 copie
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 copie
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 copie
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 copie
The tempering years 2 copie
Nantucket 1 copia
The Ghost Lane 1 copia
The Jewel Hunters 1 copia
The Voice of Allah 1 copia
The Idea Men 1 copia
A matter of conscience 1 copia
The wonders of prehistoric man 1 copia
Exploring the stamp world 1 copia
Lost Statesmen 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
- Altri nomi
- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Data di nascita
- 1923-08-05
- Data di morte
- 2005-07-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Tokyo, Japan
- Luogo di residenza
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Istruzione
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Attività lavorative
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (mostra tutto 7)
journalist - Organizzazioni
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (mostra tutto 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 169
- Utenti
- 3,195
- Popolarità
- #8,005
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 41
- ISBN
- 289
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 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.… (altro)