FLEET ADMIRAL KING (674 pp.)Ernesf J. King and Walter M. WhitehillNorton ($6.75).
As the dust was settling over the ruin at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt decided that the U.S. Fleet needed a new commander. He chose a man who was tall, straight as the spruce spar of an old ship-of-the-line, and as hard as the chrome-steel armor around his own battleships. His name was Ernest Joseph King. Nobody has ever offered a better explanation for his selection than King himself gave when he arrived in Washington to take over: "When they get into trouble,...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
