More than 400 illustrations-paintings, portraits, charts, maps, plans of ships, diagrams of battles, photographs, and text depict action, storms, and life at sea for the U.S. Navy.
A comprehensive history of every major naval battle of World War II, from the sinking of the passenger ship Athenia, to the Japanese surrender of the Missouri in 1945.
Contains profiles of ten presidents the author has judged to be the worst in U.S. history, presented in order from poor to horrid, and includes a chapter about Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy, two chief executives the author claims have been greatly over-rated.
Follows the life of F.D.R. from his childhood through prep school and college and his successive positions as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York, and embattled wartime President of the U.S.