Master of Seapower Quotes

“succinctness”
― Thomas B. Buell, Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King

“By June 1943 King became cautiously optimistic. In a letter to Vice Admiral Andrews he wrote, “The U-boat situation looks very encouraging for the time being. In these matters I am afraid I am a hard-boiled skeptic — but I am always glad to be disappointed in my pessimism!”
― Thomas B. Buell, Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King