Burke Took Command of the Navy at Forty Eight. Three Presidents Tried to Force Him Out and Failed.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING Primary Sources / Oral Histories U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Program. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret.). Multi-volume interviews conducted by John T. Mason Jr., 1972 to 1981. https://www.usni.org/press/oral-histo... U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Program. Polaris Program. 1972 interviews with Admiral Arleigh Burke and Admiral William F. "Red" Raborn. https://www.usni.org/press/oral-histo... Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958 to 1960, Volume XI, Lebanon and Jordan. Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Includes Burke's draft of the Joint Chiefs message ordering the Marine landing at Beirut, July 14, 1958. https://history.state.gov/historicald... Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961 to 1963, Volume X, Cuba. Bay of Pigs operational record and Cuban Study Group materials. https://history.state.gov/historicald... National Security Archive, George Washington University. "How Much Is Enough? The U.S. Navy and Finite Deterrence." Declassified Burke-era Navy nuclear strategy documents, 1957 to 1961, edited by William Burr. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/... Books Potter, E.B. Admiral Arleigh Burke. Random House, 1990. The standard full-length biography by the Naval Academy professor who also wrote the standard biographies of Nimitz and Halsey. Jones, Ken. Destroyer Squadron 23: Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force. Chilton, 1959. Jones, Ken, and Hubert Kelley Jr. Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke: The Story of a Fighting Sailor. Chilton, 1962. Barlow, Jeffrey G. Revolt of the Admirals: The Fight for Naval Aviation, 1945 to 1950. Brassey's, 1994. Detailed coverage of the Op-23 affair and the 1949 promotion list strike-through. Bradford, James C., editor. Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leadership. Naval Institute Press, 1996. Contains the David Alan Rosenberg essay "Arleigh Burke: The Last CNO." Love, Robert W. Jr., editor. The Chiefs of Naval Operations. Naval Institute Press, 1980. Contains the Rosenberg chapter on Burke. Journal Articles and Naval Institute Publications Rosenberg, David Alan. "Arleigh Burke: The Last CNO." Naval History and Heritage Command online reading room. https://www.history.navy.mil/research... Rosenberg, David Alan. "Officer Development in the Interwar Navy: Arleigh Burke, The Making of a Naval Professional, 1919 to 1940." Pacific Historical Review, November 1975. "Death of a Sailor's Sailor." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, February 1996. https://www.usni.org/magazines/procee... "Lest We Forget: Thirty-One-Knot Burke." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 2014. https://www.usni.org/magazines/procee... Lehman, John F. Jr. "Remembering My Sea Daddies: Arleigh Burke." Naval History Magazine, February 2026. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-... Smith, David A. "Admiral Arleigh Burke: A Study in Strategic Leadership." U.S. Army Command and General Staff College thesis, Defense Technical Information Center. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA4... Naval History and Heritage Command Resources Admiral Arleigh A. Burke biography page. Chiefs of Naval Operations directory. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-b... Burke, Arleigh A. Photo collection. https://www.history.navy.mil/our-coll... Admiral Arleigh A. Burke Collection inventory, Navy Department Library. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/... Navy and Defense Reform: A Short History and Reference Chronology. https://www.history.navy.mil/research... Naval War College and Professional Military Education Kimball, W.H. "Command and Control Little Beavers Style: Arleigh Burke in the Solomon Islands Campaign." Naval War College, June 17, 1994. Archival Collections John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Admiral Arleigh Burke profile and related collection materials. https://jfk.artifacts.archives.gov/pe... USS Arleigh Burke Association. Comprehensive Burke biographical materials, writings inventory, and namesake-ship documentation. https://ddg51.org/burke-top/burke-bio... Stock Footage and Visual Sources National Archives and Records Administration YouTube channel. Periscope Film. CriticalPast. Internet Archive WWII Pacific theater collections. NHHC photographic collections.
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