{"product_id":"the-quiet-warrior-by-thomas-b-buell-9781591140856","title":"The Quiet Warrior","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral personality did not make \"good copy\" for correspondents, and until the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e he remained an elusive figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Buell has succeeded in evoking the nature of the man as well as recording the achievements of the admiral in this brilliant biography, which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement the year of its publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846596710636,"sku":"9781591140856","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13942903482754.jpg?v=1758914175","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-quiet-warrior-by-thomas-b-buell-9781591140856","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}