Agree completely. Met him once when he presented at our Naval Order National Congress in 2018; I had the pleasure to lead the event and meet with all our presenters and guests. He put on a great discussion about what he planned to be the part of the subject matter for his next book. I’ll have to (re)read his titles; he honored USS Houston (CA-30) so magnificently and he will be missed.
There are only a few in each generation who have the intellect and the drive to gather the facts, and then collect them in a manner which will allow posterity to grasp the what, the how, and the why of important historical events, I tend to see history as a great tide that I must attempt to understand in order to fully comprehend the causes and the impacts of either a single incident, or a chain of incidents. For example, George Custer did not wake up one morning and decide to take the regiment for trot up the river. I greatly admire an author who can place me into that tide so that I can appreciate the background and understand the significance of the action. Indeed, authors do matter! And those of us who share a love of history have lost a true giant of the craft .Fair winds and following seas my friend. You shall be greatly missed.
Finishing ‘Flood Tide’ for the third time. Wonderful work. Our loss cannot match his family’s, but fullbore, indeed.
Agree completely. Met him once when he presented at our Naval Order National Congress in 2018; I had the pleasure to lead the event and meet with all our presenters and guests. He put on a great discussion about what he planned to be the part of the subject matter for his next book. I’ll have to (re)read his titles; he honored USS Houston (CA-30) so magnificently and he will be missed.
There are only a few in each generation who have the intellect and the drive to gather the facts, and then collect them in a manner which will allow posterity to grasp the what, the how, and the why of important historical events, I tend to see history as a great tide that I must attempt to understand in order to fully comprehend the causes and the impacts of either a single incident, or a chain of incidents. For example, George Custer did not wake up one morning and decide to take the regiment for trot up the river. I greatly admire an author who can place me into that tide so that I can appreciate the background and understand the significance of the action. Indeed, authors do matter! And those of us who share a love of history have lost a true giant of the craft .Fair winds and following seas my friend. You shall be greatly missed.