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Author Jones, Ken.

Title Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke : the Story of a Fighting Sailor.

Publication Info. New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (235 pages).
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Series Bluejacket books Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke
Contents Foreword; Table of Contents; 1. Crisis in the Middle East; 2. Early Days of a Viking; 3. Midshipman Burke; 4. Mr. Burke Meets the Navy; 5. Promotion-Command-Combat; 6. Burke's Finest Hours; 7. The Bee Hive; 8. A Postgraduate Course in Suicides; 9. A Mind of His Own; 10. Chief of Naval Operations; Index.
Summary Burke's World War II heroics and unprecedented three terms as chief of naval operations are recounted in this stirring biography.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996.
Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996.
United States. Navy -- Biography.
United States. Navy.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Admirals -- United States -- Biography.
Admirals.
United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Regions & Countries -- Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Kelly, Hubert.
Other Form: Print version: Jones, Ken. Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke : The Story of a Fighting Sailor. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2014 9781557500182
ISBN 9781612515526 (electronic book)
1612515525 (electronic book)