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E.B. Potter

Born

in Norfolk, Virginia, The United States

December 27, 1908

Died

November 22, 1997

Genre

History, Biography

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Elmer Belmont "Ned" Potter was an American historian and author. He was the leading naval historian at the United States Naval Academy from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, and author/editor, in collaboration with Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, of the Naval Academy's famous textbook on naval history, Sea Power. ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 1,092 ratings · 87 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nimitz 4.41 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1976 — 23 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
	Bull Halsey: A Memoir 4.22 avg rating — 118 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
	The Great Sea War: The Story Of Naval Action In World War II 4.46 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1960 — 8 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
	Admiral Arleigh Burke 4.33 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1990 — 8 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
	Sea Power: A Naval History 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1960 — 6 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
	Triumph in the Pacific; The Navy's Struggle Against Japan by E.B. Potter, Chester W. Nimitz 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	The Naval Academy Illustrated History of the United States Navy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1971 — 6 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 United States and World Sea Power 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
	Admiral Arleigh Burke by Elmer B. Potter (15-Mar-2005) Paperback 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
	Admiral Raleigh Burke: a Biography by E.B. Potter, Photographic Plates (Illustrator) 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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“anchorages. As the war progressed, the advanced”
― E. B. Potter, The Great Sea War: The Story Of Naval Action In World War II

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“If there is anything bigger than the state of Texas, it is the Pacific Ocean. --Admiral Chester W. Nimitz”
― E.B. Potter, Nimitz

tags: history, history-of-the-united-states, humor

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