Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
Auteur de Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus becoming a full-time writer. afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 exemplaires
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 exemplaires
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 exemplaires
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 exemplaires
The Last Stand: A Novel About George Armstrong Custer and the Indians of the Plains (1995) 9 exemplaires
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 exemplaires
The Peabody influence;: How a great New England family helped to build America, (1968) 7 exemplaires
Swan of the East; the life and death of the German cruiser Emden in World War I (1968) 5 exemplaires
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 exemplaires
The Glorious Flattops 4 exemplaires
Leland Stanford 3 exemplaires
USS Constitution : The Exciting Story of Old Ironsides 3 exemplaires
American steamboat stories 3 exemplaires
The supersalesmen 2 exemplaires
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 exemplaires
The space dealers; a hard look at the role of American business in our space effort (1971) 2 exemplaires
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 exemplaires
Count von Luckner; knight of the sea 2 exemplaires
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 exemplaires
The tempering years 2 exemplaires
Deadly Craft: Fireships to PT Boats 2 exemplaires
Nantucket 1 exemplaire
The U-Boat Wars by Edwin P. Hoyt (2002-03-04) 1 exemplaire
The Ghost Lane 1 exemplaire
The Jewel Hunters 1 exemplaire
The Voice of Allah 1 exemplaire
The Idea Men 1 exemplaire
A matter of conscience 1 exemplaire
The wonders of prehistoric man 1 exemplaire
Exploring the stamp world 1 exemplaire
Lost Statesmen 1 exemplaire
Whirlybirds: The Story of Helicopters 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
- Autres noms
- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Date de naissance
- 1923-08-05
- Date de décès
- 2005-07-29
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Tokyo, Japan
- Lieux de résidence
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Études
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Professions
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (tout afficher 7)
journalist - Organisations
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (tout afficher 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 169
- Membres
- 3,193
- Popularité
- #8,007
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 41
- ISBN
- 289
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)