Synopses & Reviews
The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1943 is the first volume of what Morison called his "shooting history" of World War II, because it was documented by historical observation during each specific naval operation.. While first chronologically, it was actually the second in order of publication The first to be published was Volume II, Operations in North African Waters, October 1942- June 1943, of which Fletcher Pratt wrote in the New York Sun, "If the remaining volumes are up to the level of this one, it will stand not only as the most complete, but also the most readable work of its kind ever published."
Synopsis
Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1947-62.
Synopsis
This first volume explores all U. S. naval operations in the Atlantic, including the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and the defense of American shores and ships, with much attention given to the war against the German U-boats.
This edition will have a new Introduction by Robert W. Love, author of History of the U.S. Navy: Volume I, 1775-1941 and Volume II, 1942-1991.
About the Author
Samuel Eliot Morison was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 9 July 1887. He attended Harvard University, from which he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1908. He studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France, in 1908-1909, and returned to Harvard for postgraduate work, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1912. Thereafter he became Instructor, first at the University of California in Berkeley, and in 1915 at Harvard. Except for three years (1922-1925) when he was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford, England, and his periods of active duty during both World Wars, he remained continuously at Harvard University as lecturer and professor until his retirement in 1955.