Captain McCrea's War (eBook)

The World War II Memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval Aide and USS Iowa's First Commanding Officer

John L. McCrea (Autor)

Julia C. Tobey (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
316 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-1324-6 (ISBN)

Infos

World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a BattleshipVice Admiral John L. McCrea worked with the president of the United States on difficult and unusual assignments, associated with royalty and world-famous political and military leaders, and he commanded the USS Iowa and a task force in the Pacific. Over the years, many urged him to write a book, and before his passing he finally recorded his reminiscences. Captain McCreas War captures his amazing tales from the World War II years.After the United States entered the war, McCrea served as a naval aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, where he set up the White House Map Room (later known as the Situation Room) and Shangri-La (now called Camp David). He supplied material for the presidents fireside chats, helped arrange the Casablanca Conference, and worked with such prominent leaders as Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur.Despite his important work for the president, McCrea yearned for sea duty. Persuading FDR to release him from the White House, he was given command of the USS Iowa, the countrys newest and largest battleship. With his new ship, McCrea transported Roosevelt and the joint chiefs of staff across the Atlantic for the Tehran Conference and fought with the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific. Captain McCreas War ends in April 1945, when McCrea was summoned back to Washington after President Roosevelts death. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Vice Admiral John L. McCrea graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1915 and saw active duty in both World War I and World War II. He served as naval aide to FDR and was the first commander of the USS Iowa. After WWII he served as deputy commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. He died in 1990, at the age of 98, in Needham, Massachusetts.Julia C. Tobey worked as an editor, writer, and researcher before earning a law degree. Her stepfather was Vice Admiral John L. McCrea. After retiring from her law practice, she edited McCrea’s reminiscences to create this memoir. Tobey lives in New York, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2016
• Vorwort: Craig Symonds
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1941 • 1944-1945 • Admiral • aide • ambassador • America • Battleships • books on admirals • books on aides • books on ambassadors • books on battleships • books on borneman books on mcfarland • books on casablanca • books on commands • books on conferences • books on destroyers • books on fighters • books on historians • books on ii world wars • books on macarthur • books on naval bases • books on naval combats • books on naval operations • books on navies • books on nomuras • books on pilothouses • books on raconteurs • books on reminiscences • books on submarines • books on tides • books on uniforms • books on vices • books on wartimes • books on workings • books on yucca • borneman • Casablanca • codebreaking • Command • Conference • destroyers • Fighters • Franklin Roosevelt • historians • II world war • Japan • john l mccrea • MacArthur • mcfarland • naval bases • naval combat • naval operations • naval tactics • Navy • nomura • Pacific • pilothouse • raconteur • Reminiscences • stinting • submarines • supplied • thirty-second • Tide • uniforms • United States • VICE • wartime • workings • Yucca
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-1324-7 / 1510713247
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-1324-6 / 9781510713246