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Annapolis Goes to War : The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II by Craig L. Symonds (2025, Hardcover)
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More than a hundred of them were on duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Annapolis Goes to War is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the experience of fighting the bloodiest war in human history.
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100197752675
ISBN-139780197752678
eBay Product ID (ePID)20070927104
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Book TitleAnnapolis Goes to War : the Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicMilitary / Naval
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorCraig L. Symonds
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2025-000257
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"One of the most authoritative historians of our time weaves an epic of adventure and sacrifice around selected midshipmen of the Naval Academy Class of 1940. Craig Symonds puts readers into the lives of these young men--what they learned, endured, and achieved in this unique educational crucible, then their experiences with the horrors and triumphs of mortal combat in submarines, destroyers, Hellcats, and Marine landings in the battles of the Pacific andAtlantic wars. This is a hugely entertaining work of biography and history yet drawn from original research and exhaustive scholarship. A future classic." -- John Lehman, Former Secretary of the Navy"An intensely personal history of the Annapolis class of 1940, which felt the brunt of World War II. Beautifully rendered, deeply moving, exciting, ironic, and above all consequential, this account of 'The Forties' is at once the story of America, of a great war, and above all of a heroic generation." -- Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and author of The Restless Wave: A Novel of the U.S. Navy"Annapolis Goes to War works brilliantly on two levels, for it sets the story of the rapid transformation young Midshipmen graduating into an all-consuming war within the larger story of the rapid transformation of the United States' military. Perhaps the greatest naval historian of our era, Craig L Symonds crafts a poignant, page-turning narrative that is suffused with deep knowledge, mastery of detail, and wise insight into the human heart and soul."-- Tami Davis Biddle, Professor Emerita and Distinguished Fellow at the US Army War College"Craig Symonds again demonstrates why he is the dean of American naval historians, skillfully weaving a tale both grand and human, of promising young men coming of age against a backdrop of darkening global portents, who find themselves unexpectedly fighting the largest, most crucial war in history. Captivating." -- Jonathan Parshall, Author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway, "One of the most authoritative historians of our time weaves an epic of adventure and sacrifice around selected midshipmen of the Naval Academy Class of 1940. Craig Symonds puts readers into the lives of these young men--what they learned, endured, and achieved in this unique educational crucible, then their experiences with the horrors and triumphs of mortal combat in submarines, destroyers, Hellcats, and Marine landings in the battles of the Pacific and Atlantic wars. This is a hugely entertaining work of biography and history yet drawn from original research and exhaustive scholarship. A future classic." -- John Lehman, Former Secretary of the Navy"An intensely personal history of the Annapolis class of 1940, which felt the brunt of World War II. Beautifully rendered, deeply moving, exciting, ironic, and above all consequential, this account of 'The Forties' is at once the story of America, of a great war, and above all of a heroic generation." -- Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and author of The Restless Wave: A Novel of the U.S. Navy"Annapolis Goes to War works brilliantly on two levels, for it sets the story of the rapid transformation young Midshipmen graduating into an all-consuming war within the larger story of the rapid transformation of the United States' military. Perhaps the greatest naval historian of our era, Craig L Symonds crafts a poignant, page-turning narrative that is suffused with deep knowledge, mastery of detail, and wise insight into the human heart and soul." -- Tami Davis Biddle, Professor Emerita and Distinguished Fellow at the US Army War College"Craig Symonds again demonstrates why he is the dean of American naval historians, skillfully weaving a tale both grand and human, of promising young men coming of age against a backdrop of darkening global portents, who find themselves unexpectedly fighting the largest, most crucial war in history. Captivating." -- Jonathan Parshall, Author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway, One of the most authoritative historians of our time weaves an epic of adventure and sacrifice around selected midshipmen of the Naval Academy Class of 1940. Craig Symonds puts readers into the lives of these young men--what they learned, endured, and achieved in this unique educational crucible, then their experiences with the horrors and triumphs of mortal combat in submarines, destroyers, Hellcats, and Marine landings in the battles of the Pacific and Atlantic wars. This is a hugely entertaining work of biography and history yet drawn from original research and exhaustive scholarship. A future classic.
Dewey Decimal940.5459730922
Table Of ContentPrologue: Reef PointsPART I: MIDSHIPMENChapter 1. AppointmentChapter 2. Plebe YearChapter 3. Youngster CruiseChapter 4. YoungstersChapter 5. Beat ArmyChapter 6. FirstiesPART II: JUNIOR OFFICERSChapter 7. The Real NavyChapter 8. The Cusp of WarChapter 9: Infamy Chapter 10. Retribution Chapter 11. U-Boats, Convoys, and MatrimonyChapter 12: The Turning Point: The Coral Sea and Midway PART III: ON THE OFFENSIVEChapter 13. Savo Island Chapter 14. Ironbottom SoundChapter 15. Flight Training Chapter 16. The MedChapter 17. Submarine WarfareChapter 18: "Moored as Before"PART IV: VALEDICTIONChapter 19. Semper Fidelis Chapter 19. CommandChapter 20. Decisive Battles Chapter 21. Iwo Jima & OkinawaChapter 22. VictoryEpilogueAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography
SynopsisAmerica's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers--fresh out of the United States Naval Academy--who served on its front lines. They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland and graduated as young men the week the British Army evacuated Dunkirk. Annapolis Goes to War tells the story of their four transformative years at the Naval Academy, and then four more annealing years in the cauldron of war. More than a hundred of them were on duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Ten of them died that day-seven remain entombed in the USS Arizona still. Over the next four years, these former Midshipmen participated in virtually every significant engagement in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, from North Africa to Normandy. They were at the front edge of the war in battleships, carriers, destroyers, submarines, and airplanes, and led Marine Corps units ashore. Some experienced the war as prisoners of the Japanese. Fifty-six of them died in the Second World War, the greatest wartime loss any service academy ever experienced.Taking readers into and through the lives of these young men in wartime, Craig Symonds offers a poignant and powerful story of adjustment, growth, pain, loss, and eventually triumph. Using their diaries, memoirs, and letters, he evokes unforgettably their trials and bonds, their loss of innocence and their discovery of the meaning of sacrifice. Annapolis Goes to War is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the experience of fighting the bloodiest war in human history., America's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers-fresh out of the United States Naval Academy-who served on its front lines.
LC Classification NumberV415.S96 2025
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