Devotion to Duty - A Biography of Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague

The first biography of the Admiral credited with turning the Leyte Gulf battle from defeat to victory in 1944 and who ordered the first shot against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.

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By John F. Wukovits

Summary

The first biography of the Admiral credited with turning the Leyte Gulf battle from defeat to victory in 1944 and who ordered the first shot against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Wukovits utilizes primary source materials that include handwritten commentary on the battle of Leyte.

Product details

• Authors: John F Wukovits, John F. Wukovits
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781612517018
• ISBN: 978-1-61251-701-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Military / Naval