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Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1923–2005)

Author of Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict

167 Works 3,182 Members 41 Reviews 3 Favorited

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

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Works by Edwin Palmer Hoyt

Battle Of Leyte Gulf (1972) 117 copies
Guadalcanal (1982) 89 copies
The U-Boat Wars (1984) 56 copies
The Glory of the Solomons (1983) 53 copies
The Pusan Perimeter (1777) 51 copies
McCampbell's Heroes (1621) 50 copies
Men of the Gambier Bay (1979) 46 copies
On to the Yalu (1984) 45 copies
The Kamikazes (1983) 41 copies
Macarthur's Navy (1989) 41 copies
Submarines at War (1983) 39 copies
The Death of the U-Boats (1987) 37 copies
Mutiny on the Globe (1975) 31 copies
Hitler's War (1988) 30 copies
Seals at War (1993) 30 copies
Raider 16 (1970) 28 copies
The Night Tokyo Burned (1987) 26 copies
The Germans Who Never Lost (1968) 18 copies
The Army Without a Country (1967) 18 copies
Jungles of New Guinea (1989) 15 copies
The Destroyer Killer (1989) 15 copies
Nantucket: Life of (1978) 15 copies
Old Ironsides (1976) 14 copies
The Voyage of the Hunley (2002) 14 copies
The Marine Raiders (1989) 12 copies
James A. Garfield (1964) 12 copies
James Monroe (1968) 11 copies
Mussolini's Empire (1994) 11 copies
Teddy Roosevelt in Africa (1966) 11 copies
Pearl Harbor (1991) 10 copies
Martin Van Buren (1964) 10 copies
James Buchanan, (1966) 9 copies
Kreuzerkrieg (1968) 9 copies
The Terrible Voyage (1976) 9 copies
The Zeppelins, (1969) 9 copies
Against Cold Steel (1974) 8 copies
Merrill's Marauders (1980) 8 copies
Andrew Johnson (1965) 8 copies
Aleutians (1992) 7 copies
James Knox Polk (1965) 7 copies
Zachary Taylor (1966) 7 copies
Decatur's Revenge (1975) 6 copies
The fall of Tsingtao (1975) 6 copies
War in Europe: Blitzkrieg (1991) 6 copies
A gentleman of Broadway (1964) 6 copies
Grover Cleveland (1962) 6 copies
Hellfire in Tripoli (1974) 6 copies
Defeat at the Falklands (1981) 5 copies
William McKinley (1969) 5 copies
The House of Morgan (1966) 5 copies
Marilyn: The Tragic Venus (1965) 5 copies
The Karlsruhe affair (1976) 4 copies
Commodore Vanderbilt (1962) 4 copies
That wonderful A & P! (1969) 4 copies
Asians in the West (1974) 3 copies
"Sea Eagle" (1972) 3 copies
Leland Stanford 3 copies
The phantom raider (1969) 3 copies
THE TEMPTING OF CONFUCIUS (1974) 2 copies
The Idea Men 1 copy
Boje v severní Africe (2003) 1 copy

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Well-written and engaging account of German submarine warfare during World War II.

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.
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KevB1601 | Apr 21, 2023 |
Recounts the destruction of American shipping early in World War II when Nazi U-boats went against the East Coast, and tells how a defense that worked was assembled by 1943
 
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MasseyLibrary | Jan 14, 2023 |
This is a detailed study of this crucial battle that was the first to be fought entirely by planes launched from aircraft carriers and thus changed the way sailors planned to fight sea battles of the future. While the Japanese won tactically since they sank more American ships than they lost and destroyed more US aircraft as well, the Americans won a strategic victory as the Japanese never again threaten Australia and started their long road back to Japan from where they had commenced their conquests in the 1930's.

Hoyt used almost exclusively primary sources from both the Japanese and American sides rather than other historical works for his research. His journalistic style makes this an easy read.
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MasseyLibrary | 1 other review | Oct 8, 2022 |
 
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