Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
Autor(a) de Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
About the Author
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 mostrar mais becoming a full-time writer. mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 cópias
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 cópias
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 cópias
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 cópias
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 cópias
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 cópias
The Glorious Flattops 4 cópias
American steamboat stories 3 cópias
Leland Stanford 3 cópias
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 cópias
The tempering years 2 cópias
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 cópias
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 cópias
Count von Luckner; knight of the sea 2 cópias
Deadly Craft: Fireships to PT Boats 2 cópias
The supersalesmen 2 cópias
Rare The Mutiny on the Globe (American Whaler ship), Edwin P. Hoyt, Yankee Whaler [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplar(es)
The Jewel Hunters 1 exemplar(es)
The Idea Men 1 exemplar(es)
The Ghost Lane 1 exemplar(es)
The wonders of prehistoric man 1 exemplar(es)
Exploring the stamp world 1 exemplar(es)
Whirlybirds: The Story of Helicopters 1 exemplar(es)
Pusan Perimeter 1 exemplar(es)
The defenders 1 exemplar(es)
A matter of conscience 1 exemplar(es)
Lost Statesmen 1 exemplar(es)
The Voice of Allah 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
- Outros nomes
- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Data de nascimento
- 1923-08-05
- Data de falecimento
- 2005-07-29
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Tokyo, Japan
- Locais de residência
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Educação
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Ocupação
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (mostrar todas 7)
journalist - Organizações
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (mostrar todas 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 169
- Membros
- 3,172
- Popularidade
- #8,055
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 41
- ISBNs
- 287
- Idiomas
- 5
- Favorito
- 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.… (mais)