Michael V. Gannon, Author . Holt $26 (339p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6698-2
Gannon, author of two excellent books on the Battle of the Atlantic, jumps onto the 50th-anniversary bandwagon with this effort to demonstrate that base Admiral Husband A. Kimmel was made a scapegoat for his military and political superiors. The...
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Michael V. Gannon, Author Flordia Sand Dollar Book $19.95 (277p) ISBN 978-0-8130-1522-4
An acclaimed biography of the paradoxical Catholic Confederate. (Apr.)
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Michael V. Gannon, Author Harper Perennial $18.99 (528p) ISBN 978-0-06-092088-3
Interviews with a U-boat skipper, former German crew members and U.S. and British military personnel help explain why the Allies lost nearly 400 ships to U-boat attacks; evidence suggests that well-informed British intelligence was disregarded by...
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Michael V. Gannon, Author HarperCollins $30 (512p) ISBN 978-0-06-017819-2
Combining scholarship, storytelling and analysis, Gannon (Operation Drumbeat) delivers a compelling, comprehensive account of the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic in May 1943. Gannon integrates coverage of the North Atlantic convoy...
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Michael V. Gannon, Author HarperCollins Publishers $24.95 (490p) ISBN 978-0-06-016155-2
In 1942 German U-boats sank nearly 400 Allied ships off the East coast of the U.S., threatening to sever Britain's lifeline and cripple U.S. war industry. Gannon, a University of Florida history professor, reveals the appalling degree of...
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Michael V. Gannon, Author HarperCollins Publishers $22 (359p) ISBN 978-0-06-017733-1
Like his nonfiction debut, Operation Drumbeat, Gannon's routine first novel deals with the threat posed by German U-boats along the American coast during WWII. In 1942, a Nazi sub lands crack secret agent Peter Krug in Florida to secure information...
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