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Burke,  Arleigh A., Admiral : A Select Bibliography

Barlow, Jeffrey G. "Remembering Arleigh Burke." Pull Together 35 (Spring/Summer 1996):1-6.

Davis, Vincent. The Admirals Lobby. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1967.

Discipline In the U.S. Navy: Condensation Of A Study By RADM Arleigh Burke, USN. NAVPERS 91195. Washington, DC: Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1950.

Dupuy, Trevor N., Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Harper Collins, 1992. [see pp.115].

Hewlett, Richard G. and Francis Duncan. Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Hubbard, Douglas ed. The Best of Burke: Selections from the Wartime Dispatches, Battle Reports, Admonitions and Reflections of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret). Fredericksburg, TX: The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, 1986.

Jones, Ken. Destroyer Squadron Twenty Three. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1959.

Jones, Ken and Hubert Kelley, Jr. Admiral Arleigh (31–Knot) Burke: The Story of a Fighting Sailor. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1962.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 15 vols. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1947-1962. [See the indexes of volumes 6, 8, 12, and 14 for references to Burke.].

Potter, E. B. Admiral Arleigh Burke. New York: Random House, 1990.

Reynolds, Clark G. Famous American Admirals. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002. [see pp. 48-50].

Rosenberg, David Alan. “Admiral Arleigh A. Burke.” In The U.S. Navy: A Complete History, edited by Hill Goodspeed, 566-567. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Foundation, 2003. [For other scattered references to Burke see the index.].

____. “Admiral Arleigh Burke: Instinct.” In Leadership Embodied: The Secrets to Success of the Most Effective Navy and Marine Corps Leaders, edited by Joseph J. Thomas. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005): 145-149.

____. “Arleigh A. Burke.” In Men of War: Great Leaders of World War II, edited by Stephen Howarth, 506-527. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. 

____. “Arleigh Albert Burke.” In Dictionary of American Military Biography, vol.1, edited by Roger J. Spiller, 130-132. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.

____. “Arleigh Albert Burke.” In American Military Leaders, edited by Roger J. Spiller. New York: Praeger, 1989. [Includes a reprint of the essay on Burke published in Dictionary of American Military Biography.].

____. “Arleigh Albert Burke 17 August 1955–1 August 1961.” In The Chiefs of Naval Operations, edited by Robert William Love, Jr., 262-319. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1980.

____. “Arleigh Burke: The Last CNO.” In Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leadership, edited by James C. Bradford. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996): 360-393.

____. "Death of a Sailor's Sailor." US Naval Institute Proceedings 125, no. 2 (February 1996): 8-10.

____. “Officer Development in the Interwar Navy: Arleigh Burke – The Making of a Naval Professional, 1919-1940. Pacific Historical Review 44, no.4 (November 1975): 503-526.

 

17 July 2007

 

Published: Mon Jan 28 12:11:12 EST 2019