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Norman Polmar

Norman Polmar
Born (1938-05-14) May 14, 1938 (age 86)
Washington, D.C.
Alma materAmerican University, B.A., 1965
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Norman Polmar is an author specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence areas.[2]

He has led major projects for the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy, and foreign governments.[2] His professional expertise has served three Secretaries of the U.S. Navy and two Chiefs of Naval Operations.[2] He is credited with 50 published books, including nine previous editions of Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet and four editions of Guide to the Soviet Navy.[2] Polmar writes a column for Proceedings[2] and was editor of the United States and several other sections of the annual publications of Janes Fighting Ships.[3]

In 2019, the Naval Historical Foundation awarded Polmar the Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]

Bibliography

  • Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage by Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen
  • Death of the Thresher
  • The Naval Institute Guide to Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet[5]
  • Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129 by Norman Polmar, Michael White, Michael White Norman Polmar
  • Rickover: Controversy and Genius, a Biography by Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen
  • Strategic Air Command: People, Aircraft, and Missiles
  • Guide to the Soviet Navy
  • Defcon-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear During the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb by Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen
  • Defenseless: Command Failure at Pearl Harbor by Jack Lambert, Norman Polmar, Jack W. Lambert
  • Naval Air War in Vietnam by Peter B. Mersky and Norman Polmar
  • The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima by Norman Polmar
  • World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years 1941-1945 by Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen
  • Spy Ships: One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines by Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers

References

  1. ^ "Polmar, Norman 1938-". encyclopedia.com. Cengage Group. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Norman Polmar". United States Naval Institute. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Norman Polmar: Archives". National Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Pull Together: Newsletter of the Naval Historical Foundation, vo. 58, no. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 9-11
  5. ^ Polmar, Norman (March 20, 2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Ships and Aircraft of U.S. Naval Institute. ISBN 9781591146872. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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