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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
V 63 .H37 L48 1981 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17886 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0870210564 (hardbound)
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| Geographic Area Code |
- Geographic area code - n-us---
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - V 63 .H37
- Item number - L48 1981
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - B
- Edition number - 19
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Leutze, James,
- Dates associated with a name - 1935-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - A different kind of victory :
- Remainder of title - a biography of Admiral Thomas C. Hart /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by James Leutze.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, Md. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Naval Institute Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1981.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xi, 362 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Includes index.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Bibliography: p. 343-347.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Childhood and youth -- Tommy Hart's second war -- The 1920's -- Back to the academy -- Cruisers and the general board -- Assignment to the Asiatic fleet -- Strategy by negotiation -- Chaos before disaster -- M-day and after -- Trapped in a sinister twilight -- Living with disaster
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "The biography of Admiral Thomas C. Hart is important not only because it is the story of a man whose central guiding force in life was the U.S. Navy, but also because it is a study of some fifty-five significant years of American history. This book, based in part on the twenty-one volume Hart diary, investigates the forces and circumstances that shaped Hart's action during a memorable and influential career that spanned three wars and was followed by brief service in the U.S. Senate.
From his early days on the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was dedicated to academic reform, to his "second" career in elected office, Hart could always be found amidst controversy.
His appointment as a commander of the Asiatic Fleet rather that commander of the U.S. Fleet, a billet he wanted and was led to believe he would get, was partly the result of his uneasy relationship with FDR. Here, enlivened with excerpts from his diary, are Hart's naval and diplomatic experiences in the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, vantage points that provided him with an excellent perspective on the opening stages of the Pacific War.
James Leutze provides us with Hart's firsthand account of the Lanikai-Isabel incident, the hazardous foray, ordered by Roosevelt in 1941. Although, ostensibly, the purpose of the maneuver was to garner information on the movements of the Japanese fleet, Hart clearly considered that Roosevelt's intention was to provoke the Japanese.
In descriptive detail, Leutze relates Hart's war experiences, both professional and private, and examines his controversial relationships with other, equally strong-minded naval leaders. Particularly burdensome at times were Hart's difficulties with the brilliant, but egotistical and quixotic, Douglas MacArthur.
Hart's role as a commander of the naval forces of the American, British, Dutch, and Australian military command is carefully analyzed by Leutze. The ABDA never became effective, and, because of Allied jealousies and internal political pressures, Hart was eventually removed from his command. Leutze shows us, with compassion, a man given heavy responsibility, and then virtually ignored by his own government.
Blunt, outspoken, aloof, and occasionally referred to as "Terrible Tommy," Admiral Thomas C. Hart was nevertheless respected and admired, an inspiration to his fellow officers. Here is the fascinating story of a man who had an enduring influence on U.S. naval and diplomatic history."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Hart, Thomas Charles.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
- Subordinate unit - Navy
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Admirals
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
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