Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)
Author of 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 show more becoming a full-time writer. show less
Series
Works by Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II (Classics of War) (1983) 87 copies
The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew (1966) 45 copies
The Day the Chinese Attacked: Korea, 1950: The Story of the Failure of America's China Policy (1990) 18 copies
Three Military Leaders: Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita (Kodansha Biographies) (1993) 10 copies
Pacific Destiny: The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s (1981) 8 copies
The typhoon that stopped a war 5 copies
The Glorious Flattops 4 copies
Leland Stanford 3 copies
American steamboat stories 3 copies
Deadly Craft: Fireships to PT Boats 2 copies
Count von Luckner; knight of the sea 2 copies
A Short History of Science Volume 1-Ancient Science From the beginnings through the Middle Ages 2 copies
The elusive seagull;: The adventures of the World War One German minelayer, the Moewe (1970) 2 copies
Blood in The Jungle: The Extraordinary Saga of One of The Greates Special Operations Units of World War II (2004) 2 copies
The tempering years 2 copies
The supersalesmen 2 copies
The Jewel Hunters 1 copy
The Ghost Lane 1 copy
The Idea Men 1 copy
A matter of conscience 1 copy
Exploring the stamp world 1 copy
Lost Statesmen 1 copy
The Voice of Allah 1 copy
The defenders 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer, Jr.
- Other names
- Hoito, Edoin
Martin, Christopher
Stuart, David
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Forbes, Cabot L. - Birthdate
- 1923-08-05
- Date of death
- 2005-07-29
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Place of death
- Tokyo, Japan
- Places of residence
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Betterton, Maryland, USA
Kent, Connecticut, USA
Tokyo, Japan - Education
- University of Oregon (1943)
- Occupations
- writer
producer
director
foreign correspondent
lecturer
editor (show all 7)
journalist - Organizations
- The Oregonian
United Press
ABC
CBS
Collier's Weekly
University of Hawaii (show all 8)
American Heritage
Denver Post
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Statistics
- Works
- 167
- Members
- 3,182
- Popularity
- #8,030
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 41
- ISBNs
- 287
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 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.… (more)