The Quiet Warrior: a Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (original 1974; edition 1974)

by Thomas B. Buell

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
113	2	240,828	(4.16)	6
Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make good copy for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of th… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	Asheville_Hiker
Title:	The Quiet Warrior: a Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Authors:	Thomas B. Buell
Info:	Little Brown, Boston (1974), Hardcover
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	Admirals, Biography

Work Information

The Quiet Warrior : A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance by Thomas B. Buell (1974)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

michauddaniel, Cartmike, 74gtm, rh1426, Hedgepeth, joelmckay, CCLDlibrary, rmewett01, dave3pt0

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 6 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

This is a fitting biography of the commander of the American side of the wildly co-incidental battle of Midway. It is a book heavily slanted to the service life of Spruance, but his navy life is his claim to fame. The maps are competent, and the text is clear. (

)

DinadansFriend | Mar 14, 2015 |

An excellent book about one of the best admirals from WW2. He was an excellent planner, choose well and listened to his excellent staff. Honestly concerned about casualties, he was finally convinced about the need for invading Iwo Jima by a meeting with LeMay convinced him that it was necessary to save the crews of the B29s bombing Japan. Samuel Eliot Morison characterized his strengths as: "attention to detail, poise and the power of intelligent decisions." (

)

jamespurcell | Oct 23, 2011 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (2 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Publisher Series

Classics of Naval Literature

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

The Quiet Warrior : A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

World War II (1939 | 1945)

World War II, Pacific Theater (1941-12-07 | 1945-09-02)

Battle of Midway (1942-06-04 | 1942-06-07)

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

To Marilyn, David, and Melora

First words

Raymond Ames Spruance was forged by his mother's fiery intellect and tempered by his father's serenity.

Quotations

Command at sea is the ultimate goal of ambitious naval line officers, but only a chosen few obtain it. An officer proves worthy of command by performing well as a subordinate officer aboard a variety of ships in a variety of duties. Thomas Buell

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make good copy for correspondents, and until the publication of The Quiet Warrior he remained an elusive figure. Thomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of th

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary