Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976)

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1. Samuel Eliot Morison

   Author of Admiral of the Ocean Sea : a life of Christopher Columbus, The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944

2. Will Durant

   Author of Our Oriental Heritage, The Age of Louis the XIV, The Lessons of History

3. John Keegan

   Author of The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme, The Second World War, Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris

4. Bruce Catton

   Author of A stillness at Appomattox, Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road

5. Daniel J. Boorstin

   Author of The Discoverers, The Americans: The Colonial Experience, The Americans: The National Experience

6. Perry Miller

   Author of The Puritans: A Sourcebook of Their Writings, Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650, Roger Williams: his contribution to the American tradition

7. John Willard Toland

   Author of The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War), The Last 100 Days, Infamy

8. Winston S. Churchill

   Author of The Gathering Storm, A history of the English-speaking peoples, Triumph and Tragedy

9. Barbara W. Tuchman

   Author of The Guns of August, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

10. Dumas Malone

    Author of The sage of Monticello, Jefferson and the Rights of Man : Jefferson and His Time Volume Two, Jefferson the President: Second Term 1805 - 1809 - Volume V (Jefferson and His Time, Vol 5)

11. Gordon W. Prange

    Author of At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, Miracle at Midway, Dec. 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

12. Robert K. Massie

    Author of Peter the Great, Dreadnought, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

13. Bernard DeVoto

    Author of The Year of Decision 1846, Across the Wide Missouri, The Course of Empire

14. S.W. Roskill

    Author of War at Sea 1939-45: Defensive v. 1 (Official History of the Second World War), War at Sea 1939-45: Period of Balance v. 2 (Official History of the Second World War), WAR AT SEA 1939-45: Volume III Part I The Offensive 1st June 1943-31 May 1944 OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

15. Norman Friedman

    Author of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History, U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History

16. William Manchester

    Author of American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964, Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972

17. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

    Author of The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933, The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society, The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935 (The Age of Roosevelt, Vol. 2)

18. Carl Bridenbaugh

    Author of Myths and Realities: Societies of the Colonial South, Cities in Revolt Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 (Galaxy Books), Rebels and Gentlemen: Philadelphia in the Age of Franklin

19. Bernard Bailyn

    Author of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, The Origins of American Politics, Education in the Forming of American Society: Needs and Opportunities for Study

20. Walter Lord

    Author of Day of Infamy, The Dawn's Early Light, Incredible Victory