![]() ![]() With this chronicle of selfless sacrifice and awesome courage on the war-swept seas around the world, Lehman reminds us that the legends chronicled in these pages were real men and women, that the navy they fought for still sails, and that today their heroism is needed more than ever. He also highlights the warships that have dominated the seas of their day and the battles in which they fought - illustrated by detailed maps, woodcuts, paintings, and never-before-published photographs. Navy the mightiest in the world, using diaries, memoirs, and letters to reveal naval combat as though firsthand. by John Lehman 'Valuable for students of naval strategy and geopolitics as well as of Cold War history.' Former Secretary of the Navy Lehman ( On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy, 2001, etc.) unfolds the Ronald Reagan-era strategy to reclaim United States dominance on the high seas and contain the. On Seas of Glory: heroic men, great ships, and epic battles of the American Navy by Lehman, John, former Secretary of the Navy and a great selection of. Lehman profiles naval greats from John Paul Jones to William "Bull" Halsey, as well as the lesser-known sailors who have made the U.S. of the Seas, a memoir of his tenure as Navy Secretary, and On Seas of Glory. Former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman gives a sweeping narrative of the service's illustrious past, from the Revolutionary War to the present day, filled with the ships that dominated the seas, equally titanic personalities, and the battles that made history. John Lehmans contribution to national security policy, naval strategy. ![]() Navy meets a storyteller worthy of its noble history. ![]()
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