James A. Field, Jr.

James Alfred Field, Jr. (March 9, 1916 – June 24, 1996)^[1] was an American historian. He taught at Swarthmore College from 1947 to 1986, where he was the Isaac H. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations. He specialized in American naval history and U.S. foreign relations. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, and saw combat in the Pacific theater. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.^[2]

Bibliography

• The Japanese at Leyte Gulf (1947)
• History of United States Naval Operations: Korea (1962)
• From Gibraltar to the Middle East: America and the Mediterranean World, 1776-1882) (1969; reprinted 1991)

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