Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue

Great Read!

I was impressed with this book's readability. The story was told dramatically and with specificity, flowing seamlessly from descriptions of men, ships, winds, and sea, as if written by one rather than two historian-writers.

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A great Read!

Halsey's Typhoon was quite readable yet full of fascinating information. I appreciated the structure of the book, the quotations heading each section, and the way it handled the difficulties faced by those attempting to define the nature and power of the storm. The book takes a very balanced view of Halsey himself, letting readers make their own decisions as to his competency as a commander. I highly recommend the book.

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Halsey's Typhoon - Recommended Reading

This is a well-written book that keeps your interest throughout. Well-known sailors such as Bull Halsey and lesser-known sailors like future president of the United States, Gerald Ford are key players in this documentary. With wind speeds of 125 knots, barometric pressures as low as 26.30 and frequent knockdowns of sturdy US Navy ships, it was a true testament to the seamanship America has produced. Excellent reading.

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Great story of courage, skill and sacrifice from WW II - Great read!

Halsey's Typhoon is the true story of Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet encounter with a super Pacific typhoon, 90-foot waves and 150 knot winds, while enroute to support the allied landings in the Philippines. It is a powerful well written story of courage and ship-handling skill by young naval officers in an attempt to save their ships and crews. The sacrifices made by the sailors on the small ships, destroyers and destroyer escorts, are described in vivid detail. For anyone who has been at sea, this is an absolute must read. Well researched, good character development.

an excellent book both extensive and intensive.

The good: this book cover most of the aspects regarding 'Typhoon Cobra', including the memories of the survivors. a very well written book that conveys the feelings of desperation and fear the tin can sailors must have felt. The bad: the text os no easy read as the author willing it or not creates that very feeling of chaos the fleet was in as the story jumps from one ship to the other. ys

Thou shalt not defame Halsey

While efforts were made to keep the book unbiased and balanced, Halsey still is held up as some kind of faultless leader. The authors tend to excuse Halesy's errors because he got bad advice. They never explain why several junior officers were able to identified the approaching typhoon from their personal observations when the Admiral relying on his weather men was not. Could it have been that the Admiral safe on his stable battleship did not have the same concern and respect for the sea that the men on smaller ships had. I am happy that I read the book and got another view of the terrible loss of ships and men. For a different slant on the incident, I recommend Bruce Henderson's "Down To The Sea".

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