Alvin B. Kernan - Crossing the Line; ...

[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
The Yale Library of Military History
Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan, Series Editors
CroSSing thE LinE
A B L u e j A c k e T ’ s O d Y s s e Y i n W O r L d W A r i i
A Lv i n K E r n A n
Foreword by D o n a l D K ag a n and F r e D e r i c K K ag a n
introduction by l aw r e n c e S to n e
Yale University Press / new Haven and london
First Yale University Press edition, 2007.
First published by Naval Institute Press in 1994.
Copyright © 2007 by Yale University.
All rights reserved.
his book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations,
in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S.
Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written
permission from the publishers.
Designed by Mary Valencia.
Set in Minion by Tseng Information Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
Printed in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kernan, Alvin B.
Crossing the line : a Bluejacket’s odyssey in World War II /
Alvin Kernan ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan ;
introduction by Lawrence Stone. — 1st Yale University Press ed.
p. cm. — (he Yale library of military history)
Originally published: Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 1994.
Includes index.
ISBN: 978-0-300-12315-9 (alk. paper)
1. Kernan, Alvin B. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations,
American. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Paciic Ocean.
4. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, American.
5. Sailors—United States—Biography. I. Title.
D773.K46 2007
940.54'5973092—dc22
[B]
2006038455
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
he paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and
durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for
Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]