Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
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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 näytä lisää becoming a full-time writer. näytä vähemmän
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Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 kappaletta
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 kappaletta
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 kappaletta
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 kappaletta
The Last Stand: A Novel About George Armstrong Custer and the Indians of the Plains (1995) 9 kappaletta
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 kappaletta
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 kappaletta
The Glorious Flattops 4 kappaletta
Leland Stanford 3 kappaletta
American steamboat stories 3 kappaletta
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 kappaletta
The supersalesmen 2 kappaletta
The space dealers; a hard look at the role of American business in our space effort (1971) 2 kappaletta
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 kappaletta
Count von Luckner; knight of the sea 2 kappaletta
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 kappaletta
Deadly Craft: Fireships to PT Boats 2 kappaletta
The tempering years 2 kappaletta
Nantucket 1 kappale
The Ghost Lane 1 kappale
The Jewel Hunters 1 kappale
A matter of conscience 1 kappale
Lost Statesmen 1 kappale
The Idea Men 1 kappale
The wonders of prehistoric man 1 kappale
Exploring the stamp world 1 kappale
Whirlybirds: The Story of Helicopters 1 kappale
The Voice of Allah 1 kappale
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- Virallinen nimi
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
- Muut nimet
- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Syntymäaika
- 1923-08-05
- Kuolinaika
- 2005-07-29
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Tokyo, Japan
- Asuinpaikat
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Koulutus
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Ammatit
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (näytä kaikki 7)
journalist - Organisaatiot
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (näytä kaikki 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
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- Teokset
- 169
- Jäseniä
- 3,193
- Suosituimmuussija
- #8,007
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.5
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 41
- ISBN:t
- 289
- Kielet
- 5
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 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.… (lisätietoja)