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Thomas B. Buell

Born

in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

April 30, 1936

Died

June 26, 2002

Genre

History, Biography

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A 1958 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Thomas Buell served as a destroyerman throughout much of his career in the Navy. Buell taught in the history department of the Military Academy at West Point from 1975 until 1979, and, following his retirement from naval service in 1979, worked in the defense industry for the Honeywell Corporation and Rosemont Company in Minnesota.

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	Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story (Bluejacket Books) by Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya, Roger Pineau 4.09 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 1955 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance 4.48 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King 4.37 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War 4.08 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific (The West Point Military History Series) by Thomas E. Griess, Thomas B. Buell 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naval Leadership in Korea: The First Six Months 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naval leadership in Korea : the first six months / Thomas B. Buell. 2002 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What time do you think you’ll be getting home tonight?” he asked. Margaret said she didn’t know. Spruance persisted. “Why is it so important?” asked Margaret. “Well,” replied her husband, “it’s not many women who can go to bed with a captain and wake up with an admiral.” Spruance’s clever way of announcing his promotion found its way into the local newspapers, to the amusement of his friends and colleagues. He was not amused.”
― Thomas B. Buell, The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

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“Spruance and his staff had to coordinate and control hundreds of ships and planes and more than 100 thousand men, fighting separate actions hundreds of miles apart within that vast ocean battlefield. Spruance succeeded because he elevated his mind above the details in order to maintain a broad perspective of his forces and the enemy as a whole.”
― Thomas B. Buell, The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

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“The staff clustered around, all trying to read it at once. It was a perfect dispatch operation order without an erasure or correction. Not one of the staff could have produced it without a reference book. “Admiral,” the radio officer remarked, “the Navy is wasting money supplying you pencils with erasers.” Spruance almost smiled.”
― Thomas B. Buell, The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

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