Customer Review: As with all the books in Morison's series anyone looking for only rather dry historical facts will be disappointed. Although there are countless dates, times, numbers, etc., there are real people and their stories. For an "Official History" this is a very entertaining book to read as are the rest in... more info
Customer Review: My 86 year old father served in the New Guinea campaign. Only now, in his later years, has he been interested and willing to talk about his World War II experiences. As an enlisted man with an army amphibious unit, he never knew the details of the New Guinea campaign in which he participated. This... more info
Customer Review: "Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls" is another in Samuel Eliot Morison's History of Naval Operations in World War II. First published in 1951, the scholarship is now a bit dated, but Morison's narrative power and his closeness to the events make this volume and his series still worthwhile... more info
Customer Review: It is an honor to be the first to review this book by Admiral Morison for Amazon.com. This is the first book I've ever read by this renowned historian, and it is outstanding in both detail and clarity. Admiral Morison (as he is referred to in Stephen Ambrose's history of D-Day) tells this story... more info
Customer Review: When I was a pre-teen, in the 50s, a friend of mine's father had served in the submarine service in the Pacific & had the complete set. He let me read them and that started me on a life-long fascination with history. They are finally back in print and, after over 45 years, I now own the complete... more info
Customer Review: This book is as well written and researched as the rest of the author's series on the US Navy during World War II. It is as informative and entertaining as any in the collection and well worth the price.
Customer Review: I just completed Rear Admiral Morison's Volume X of his remarkable series "The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II," "The Atlantic Battle Won." For all subsequent scholarship that has transpired since the initial publication of this volume, one must notice not a single... more info
Customer Review: By the early spring of 1945, the United States forces had pushed the Japanese back across the Pacific and were now in position to directly threaten the Japanese home islands. This final volume of Samuel Eliot Morison's fine series covers the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa along with the formal... more info
Customer Review: There are two volumes of this and both are very large but worth the read. Both volumes have been reprinted over and over again and has stood the test of time. It was originally published in the 1930s. It is textbook-like, however, it contains SO MUCH information. It is a great resource for... more info
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