American Naval History A Guide

Includes titles about the last years of the Reagan presidency, George Bush's presidency, and the first two years of Bill Clinton's presidency. The list of periodicals has been expanded and revised considerably. Additionally, the titles now contain useful abbreviations that detail whether the texts include maps, diagrams, illustrations, glossaries, and appendixes.

Paolo E. Coletta has had two careers--one academic, one naval. He was awarded a B.S. in Education, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees by the University of Missouri (Columbia, 1938-1942) and taught at his alma mater from 1940-1942. He taught at Stephens College, in the same city, until he received a direct commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in March 1943. After World War II he taught briefly at South Dakota State College, the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and then for thirty-seven years at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. Coletta rejoined the Naval Reserve in 1951, serving four years as the operations officer of a Naval Reserve Surface Division, and taught graduate courses at the Naval Reserve Officers School for seventeen years. He retired from the reserve in 1973 with the grade of captain, and from the Academy in 1983 as a Distinguished Meritorious Professor.