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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1510713239
ISBN-13
9781510713239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219722028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Captain Mccrea's War : The World War II Memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval Aide and USS Iowa's First Commanding Officer
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / World War II, Presidents & Heads of State, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-049023
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"McCrea began World War II as a staff man, rising to the position of Franklin Roosevelt's naval aide, then assigned to command of the newly commissioned battleship USS Iowa. He depicts the problems of getting 50,000 tons of capital ship ready for war as no less a challenge than following the president from conference to conference and taking accurate notes. A skilled and engaging raconteur, McCrea offers an unusual insight into the everyday routines of war even at its highest levels." --Dennis Showalter, author of Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk, the Turning Point of World War II "Admiral McCrea's memoir sheds new light on the inner workings of the FDR administration. As naval aide to the 32nd president, McCrea had daily access to Roosevelt and grew to love the man for his ineffable mix of jaunty optimism, bubbly good cheer and knife-at-the-throat cunning. Running the U.S. government has never been easy, and it may have been most difficult during World War II. McCrea describes how Roosevelt stopped leaks at their source, maneuvered personnel, and kept a firm grip on policy and strategy, without ever losing his delightful wit and charm." --Geoffrey Wawro, author of Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East, " Few people were closer to President Roosevelt than his naval aide, Admiral John McCrea. If you want to know FDR as a person--his character, his decency--read this book. McCrea, a tough-minded patriot, a conservative career naval officer, by the time he left the White House to assume command of the battleship IOWA, saw FDR as 'a great and good man' and a brilliant wartime leader. Historians generally agree that Franklin Roosevelt was the greatest President of the 20th century. This memoir helps us understand why." --William Vanden Heuvel, founder, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute; former US Ambassador to the United Nations "McCrea began World War II as a staff man, rising to the position of Franklin Roosevelt's naval aide, then assigned to command of the newly commissioned battleship USS Iowa. He depicts the problems of getting 50,000 tons of capital ship ready for war as no less a challenge than following the president from conference to conference and taking accurate notes. A skilled and engaging raconteur, McCrea offers an unusual insight into the everyday routines of war even at its highest levels. " --Dennis Showalter, author of Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk, the Turning Point of World War II "I highly recommend Vice Admiral John L. McCrea's memoirs, with a superb introduction by Julia C. Tobey. As a historian of Japan's entry into a war it could not win, two entries, among many fascinating ones, caught my attention. First, McCrea's description of the 1941 visit of Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura to the US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold Stark, during which the ambassador told Stark that he himself did not believe Japan had the resources to defeat the United States in a war, but that the decision makers in Tokyo did not seem to understand Japan's limitations. Second, McCrea's January 1941 sketch of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese officer who stated repeatedly that Japan could not defeat the United States in a long war, but then planned the attack on Pearl Harbor that insured the war would be long. This book is an important read for anyone interested in World War II in the Pacific because it gives the on-the-spot, wartime views of an important and well-placed US naval officer. " --Richard J. Smethurst, professor of history, University of Pittsburgh "Admiral McCrea's memoir sheds new light on the inner workings of the FDR administration. As naval aide to the thirty-second president, McCrea had daily access to Roosevelt and grew to love the man for his ineffable mix of jaunty optimism, bubbly good cheer and knife-at-the-throat cunning. Running the U.S. government has never been easy, and it may have been most difficult during World War II. McCrea describes how Roosevelt stopped leaks at their source, maneuvered personnel, and kept a firm grip on policy and strategy, without ever losing his delightful wit and charm. " --Geoffrey Wawro, author of Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East
Synopsis
World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a Battleship Vice 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 McCrea's 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 president's 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 country's 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 McCrea's War ends in April 1945, when McCrea was summoned back to Washington after President Roosevelt's 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.
LC Classification Number
D769.M38 2016
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