By: E.B. Potter
Paperback Edition

Arleigh Burke is considered the father of the modern U.S. Navy to many. Sea warrior, strategist, and unparalleled service leader, Burke had an impact on the course of naval warfare that is still felt today.

This biography by noted historian E.B. Potter follows Burke’s distinguished career from his early days at the Naval Academy through the dramatic destroyer operations in the Solomons, where he earned his nickname “31-Knot Burke,” to his participation in the crucial carrier operations of World War II.

Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 1977, he became the first living U.S. naval officer to have a class of ship named after him—the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers.