Jack Sweetman

Autor von The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587-1945

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Jack Sweetman taught history at the U.S. Naval Academy for twenty years. A graduate of Stetson University, he served as a company commander in the U.S. Army and was later a Ford Fellow at Emory University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1973. He is the author, editor, or translator of numerous Naval mehr anzeigen Institute Press books and currently serves as series editor for the press's Classics of Naval Literature collection and as consulting editor for Naval History magazine. A recipient of the U.S. Navy League's Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement, the Naval History Author of the Year Award, and the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award, Dr. Sweetman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2000. He lives in Orlando, Florida. weniger anzeigen

Werke von Jack Sweetman

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The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587-1945 (1997) 54 Exemplare

American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-Present (1984) 44 Exemplare

Flags Into Battle (1987) 44 Exemplare

The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History (1979) 20 Exemplare

The Landing at Veracruz: 1914 (1968) 16 Exemplare

Great American Naval Battles (1998) 10 Exemplare

GREAT SEA BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II 3 Exemplare

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Schlachtschiff Bismarck (1980) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 231 Exemplare

HMS Warspite : The Story of a Famous Battleship (1957) — Series Editor, einige Ausgaben — 38 Exemplare

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Geburtstag: 1940
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Wohnorte: Orlando, Florida, USA
Ausbildung: Emory University (PhD)
Stetson University
Berufe: naval officer
professor (History)
military historian
editor
translator
Organisationen: United States Navy
United States Naval Academy
Preise und Auszeichnungen: Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement (1988)

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The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587-1945… von Jack Sweetman

A solid set of mini-bios about some of the greatest admirals in 'modern' history. Because there are so many of them, they are short. They are also making no attempt to break new ground or produce new information, there are substantial lists of further reading for every admiral included. Most interesting to me were the 'surveys', that chronicled the development of technology from 'The Ship and the Gun' to 'Air Sea Warfare'. Included are Drake, De Ruyter, Nelson, Jellicoe, Togo, etc, a good multi-national representation.… (mehr)

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