Overview
Capt. Edward ""Ned"" Latimer Beach, Jr. USN is known primarily for his bestselling novel Run Silent, Run Deep, which was made into a film in 1958 with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster and his record setting voyage as commanding officer of USS Triton (SSN(R) 586), that was the first submarine to circumnavigate of the globe while submerged. A highly-decorated United States Navy submarine officer, during World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway as well as other 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. His career also offers insights into the inner workings of power, from inside the Pentagon in the years right after World War II, to inside of the Eisenhower White House, to the politics of the Republican Party in the United States Senate in the 1970s,. In addition to serving as an officer aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II, he was a prolific author publishing two novels in addition Run Silent, Run Deep, as well as numerous works on naval history. Ned Beach is a biography that weaves together the personal, professional and writing life of a man who for many was the public face of the submarine community in the years after the Second World War. With a father, who was a naval officer and the author of thirteen published novels in the 1910s & '20s, as the eldest son Ned Beach was greatly influenced to follow in his father's footsteps and to become both an officer and a writer. From his youth in Palo Alto, California during the Great Depression to his service in the Pacific in the war against Japan to the epic submerged circumnavigation of the globe in early 1960 commanding one of the early nuclear powered submarines, Ned Beach's career encompasses a revolutionary period in American naval history. Not only did he experience it, he wrote about it. This book tells the story of his remarkable life, career and writing.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward F. Finch
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Imprint: Naval Institute Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.508kg
ISBN: 9781591142669
ISBN 10: 1591142660
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 27 May 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The author performs an admirable task in explaining how Beach progressed through the Navy from midshipmen to becoming a submariner, service as President Dwight Eisenhower's naval aide, commanding officer of the conventional submarine USS Trigger and nuclear submarine USS Triton, his failure to be promoted to rear admiral, and why he decided to retire from the Navy. If one wishes to learn more about Captain Edward Beach, his family and about the Navy in the 1950s and 1960s this book is well worth reading. A great man has received a worthy biography. * The Journal of America's Military Past *
The author performs an admirable task in explaining how Beach progressed through the Navy from midshipmen to becoming a submariner, service as President Dwight Eisenhower’s naval aide, commanding officer of the conventional submarine USS Trigger and nuclear submarine USS Triton, his failure to be promoted to rear admiral, and why he decided to retire from the Navy. If one wishes to learn more about Captain Edward Beach, his family and about the Navy in the 1950s and 1960s this book is well worth reading. A great man has received a worthy biography. * The Journal of America’s Military Past *
Author Information
Edward F. Finch is the Director of the Stephenson County History Museum. He holds a PhD in History Education from Illinois State University and previously taught for 30 years at Freeport High School in Illinois. He resides in Freeport, IL with his wife Cathy.
