Return to Great Warriors Leaders/Thinkers
U. S. naval commander during World War II who defeated the Japanese in many battles..
June 1998
Prepared by Diana Simpson
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
Please note: A call number beginning with "R" denotes a reference book.
American Military Leaders,
edited by Roger J. Spiller. New York, Praeger, 1989. 416 p.
Book call no.: 923.5 A512
Breuer, William B. Retaking the Phillippines.
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1986. 284 p.
Consult index for page references to Admiral Halsey.
Book call no.: 940.5426 B846r
Cook, Don. Fighting Americans of Today.
New York, Dutton, 1944. 191 p.
"Tough, Tattooed and Scrappy"; William F. Halsey,
Jr., pp 78-85.
Book call no.: 923.573 C771f
Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement
6, edited by John A. Garraty. New
York, Scribner, 1980. 769p.
Halsey, William F., pp 267-269.
Book call no.: R 920.07 D56 Supplement 6
Dictionarv of American Military Biography.
Volume 2, edited by Roger J. Spiller
and others. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1984. 421-894
p.
Halsey, William Frederick, Jr., pp 425-428.
Book call no.: R 923.573 D554 v.2
Halsey, William F. Admiral Halsey's Story,
by William F. Halsey (FADM) and J. Bryan, III, (LCDR). New York,
Whittlesey House, 1947. 310 p.
Book call no.: 92 H196a
Hoyt, Edwin P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf:
The Death Knell of the Japanese Fleet. New York, Weybright
and Talley, 1972. 314 p.
Book call no.: 940.542 H868b
Leckie, Robert. Delivered from Evil: The
Saga of World War II. New York, Harper & Row, 1987. 998
p.
Book call no.: 940.53 L461d
Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific
Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Annapolis, Naval
Institute Press, 1984. 547 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 L962f
Men of War: Great Naval Leaders of World
War II, edited by Stephen Howarth.
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1993. 602 p.
Halsey, pp 229-243.
Book call no.: 923.5 M534
Merrill, James M. A Sailor's Admiral: A Biography of William
F. Halsey. New York, Crowell, 1976. 271 p.
Book call no.: 92 H196m
Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United
States Naval Operations in World War II. Boston, Little, Brown,
1947-62. 15 vols.
See index in volume 15 for appropriate page references.
Book call no.: 940.545973 M86h
Pfannes, Charles E. and Salamone, Victor A.
The Great Admirals of World War II. Volume 1: The Americans.
New York, Zebra Books/Kensington, 1983. 416 p.
Fleet Admiral William Halsey, pp 302-355.
Book call no.: 923.5 P523g v.1
Potter, E. B. Bull Halsey. Annapolis,
Naval Institute Press, 1985. 421 p.
Book call no.: 92 H196p
Ouarter-Deck and Fo'c's'le: The Exiting
Story of the Navy, edited by James
M. Merrill. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1963. 509 p.
See pages 407-418.
Book call no.: 359.0973 M571q
Schuon, Karl. U.S. Navy Biographical Dictionary. New York, Franklin Watts, 1964. 277 p.
Halsey, pp 102-105.
Book call no.: R 923.573 S393ua
Sea Power: A Naval History,
edited by E.B. Potter. 2nd ed. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press,
1981. 419 p.
Book call no.: 359.09 P866s 1981
The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific,
by John H. Bradley. Wayne, NJ, Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1984.
328 p. (West Point military history series)
Consult index for references to Halsey.
Book call no.: 940.541 S445 v.2
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of World
War II, edited by Thomas Parrish.
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1978. 767 p.
Halsey, William Frederick, Jr. (1882-1959), pp 258-259.
Book call no.: R 940.53 S594
Solberg, Carl. Decision and Dissent: with
Halsey at Leyte Gulf. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press,
1995. 203 p.
Book call no.: 940.5426 S684d
Triumph in the Pacific: The Navv's Struggle
Against Japan, edited by E.B. Potter
and Chester W. Nimitz (FADM). Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall,
1963. 186 p.
Book call no.: 940.545 P866t
The War Lords: Military Commanders of the
Twentieth Century, edited by Sir
Michael Carver, (FM). Boston, Little, Brown, 1976. 624 p.
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, by James Bassett, pp 430-146.
Book call no.: 923.573 W253
Webster's American Military Biographies.
Springfield, MA, G & C Merriam, 1978. 548 p.
Halsey, William F., pp 159-160.
Book call no.: R 923.5 W385
Whipple, Chandler. William F. Halsev: Fighting Admiral.
New York, Putnam, 1968. 222p.
Book call no.: 92 H196w
Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte
Gulf. New York, Macmillan, 1947. 244 p.
Book call no.: 940.545 W 89b
Dillard, Nancy R. Operational Leadership:
A Case Study of Two Extremes During Operation Watchtower.
Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1997. 24 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 D578o
Graziano, Paul E. (Maj). Levte Invasion:
A Comparative Analvsis of the Application of Principles of War.
Maxwell AFB, AL, 1984. 80 p. (Air University. Air Command and
Staff College. Research report)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 G785L
Ledson, D. I. (Capt, Royal New Zealand Navy).
Halsey and Spruance: A Study of Operational-Tactical Command.
Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1995. [22] p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 L475h
Montman, James H. (Maj). The Military Strategies of Spruance and Halsey. Maxwell AFB, AL,
1984. 47 p. (Air University. Air Command and
Staff College. Research report)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 M795m
Wilhelm, Karen S. (Maj). The Image of Military
Leadership: To Be or Not to Be a Hero. Fort Leavenworth, KS,
Army Command and General Staff College, 1994. 53 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 W678i
Blumenson, Martin. A Short List of Giants. Army 44:46-50 February 1994
Critchfield, John Sherman. The Halsey-Doolittle Tokyo Raid. Sea Power 14:25-29 December 29, 1971.
Hamilton, Andrew (Capt). "Where Is Task Force Thirty-Four?" U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 86:76-80 October 1960; Comment, 87:110-112 January 1961.
Nation Mourns Loss of Fleet Adm Halsey. Obituary. Army Navy Air Force Journal 96:25 August 22, 1959.
Roddewig, Robert. Bull Session. American
Heritage 48:28-30 September 1997
Author recounts his duty aboard the USS Missouri as a radioman
on Halsey's staff.
Williams, Dwight U. Bradford (Capt). The Case for the Line Officer. Navy 4:13-15+ September 1961.
Admiral "Bull" Halsey
/ produced by Lou Reda Productions in association with A&E
Network. New York, A&E Home Video, 1994. 50 minutes.
Video call no.: 92 H196
Masters of War: The Battle for Leyte Gulf
/ produced by U. S. News Production, Perpetual Motion Films. New
York: A&E Home Video, 1994. 50 minutes.
Video call no.: 940.5426 M423
Masters of War: The Turning Point at Guadalcanal
/ produced by U. S. News Production, Perpetual Motion Films. New
York: A&E Home Video, 1994. 50 minutes.
Video call no.: 940.5426 M4231