Us Naval Administrative Histories Of World War Ii In The Navy Department Library

This is a finding aid for US Naval Administrative Histories of World War II which are located in the Navy Department Library's Rare Book Room. These unpublished histories record experiences and provide insights into policies, decisions, implementing actions, and accomplishments of the United States Navy. The collection is comprised of 175 numbered histories, bound in approximately 300 volumes. It includes narrative histories dealing with virtually every aspect of the administration of the naval establishment and the roles it played in contributing to victory during World War II. Some of the volumes also contain brief coverage of the pre-war beginnings and early histories of organizations and activities. The amount of information in these studies varies; some are extremely detailed, while others are more cursory in nature. It includes administrative histories of Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Air, Office of the Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Bureau of Aeronautics, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of Ordnance, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Bureau of Ships, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Bureau of Yards and Docks, Naval Districts, Chief of Naval Operations Activities, Bureau of Ordnance Activities, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts and Other Activities, Atlantic, Pacific, Sea frontiers and operating bases, Topical histories.

This is a finding aid for US Naval Administrative Histories of World War II which are located in the Navy Department Library's Rare Book Room. These unpublished histories record experiences and provide insights into policies, decisions, implementing actions, and accomplishments of the United States Navy. The collection is comprised of 175 numbered histories, bound in approximately 300 volumes. It includes narrative histories dealing with virtually every aspect of the administration of the naval establishment and the roles it played in contributing to victory during World War II. Some of the volumes also contain brief coverage of the pre-war beginnings and early histories of organizations and activities. The amount of information in these studies varies; some are extremely detailed, while others are more cursory in nature. It includes administrative histories of Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Air, Office of the Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Bureau of Aeronautics, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of Ordnance, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Bureau of Ships, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Bureau of Yards and Docks, Naval Districts, Chief of Naval Operations Activities, Bureau of Ordnance Activities, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts and Other Activities, Atlantic, Pacific, Sea frontiers and operating bases, Topical histories.

Reproduces 175 numbered histories, bound in approximately 300 volumes, which provide insight into the administration of the naval establishment and the roles it played in contributing to victory during World War II.

The University of Illinois Press continues its paperback release of Samuel Eliot Morison's panoramic fifteen-volume naval history with three volumes that chronicle the war in the Pacific from May 1942 through May 1944. This new edition will be issued in increments of three volumes per season through Spring 2003.Morison's genius for capturing the flash and fire and the pathos of combat infuses his narrative with an immense vitality and suspense. This is not an official history, in the ordinary sense of that term, but Morison's history, a gripping, face-to-face encounter with the human drama of war.Volume 4: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942 -- August 1942 details the American victory in the Coral Sea and the U.S. Navy's stunning defeat of a far superior Japanese force at Midway, as well as the events leading up to the six-month struggle at Guadalcanal. This volume also provides a richly detailed look at the first-year exploits of the Silent Service: the fledgling American submarine corps in the Pacific. Morison supplements his firsthand experience of American operations and access to Allied documents with critical information from the Japanese side.