Saturday, January 22, 2011
The BiblioFiles: Morison's Landmark History of the US Navy in WWII
Samuel Eliot Morison's 15-volume work History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II is now being reissued! Put it on your to-read list, along with all of Morison's other books. I especially liked Admiral of the Ocean Sea, his Pulitzer-winning biography of Columbus. The amazing thing about Morison isn't the scope of his knowledge, though it is massive. The amazing thing is how a good a writer he is. Modern academic historians should take note!
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I've read and reread his condensed version. Accessible, vivid....
Yes indeed!
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