Thomas J. Cutler has been serving the U.S. Navy in various capacities for nearly fifty years. The author of many articles and books, including several editions of The Bluejacket's Manual and A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy, he is currently the Director of Professional Publishing at the U.S. Naval Institute and Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year) at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a winner of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, and the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Award.

"The book’s value lies in its highly readable text and the exposure it provides to the reader for subsequent study. It is recommended for the military historian and serving naval officer, but parts, especially those focused on logistics and training, speak to anybody involved in the Canadian military industrial complex."—Starshell, Naval Association of Canada

Thomas J. Cutler has been serving the U.S. Navy in various capacities for nearly fifty years. The author of many articles and books, including several editions of The Bluejacket's Manual and A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy, he is currently the Director of Professional Publishing at the U.S. Naval Institute and Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year) at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a winner of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, and the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Award.

"The book’s value lies in its highly readable text and the exposure it provides to the reader for subsequent study. It is recommended for the military historian and serving naval officer, but parts, especially those focused on logistics and training, speak to anybody involved in the Canadian military industrial complex."—Starshell, Naval Association of Canada

Thomas J. Cutler has been serving the U.S. Navy in various capacities for nearly fifty years. The author of many articles and books, including several editions of The Bluejacket's Manual and A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy, he is currently the Director of Professional Publishing at the U.S. Naval Institute and Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year) at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a winner of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, and the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Award.

"The book’s value lies in its highly readable text and the exposure it provides to the reader for subsequent study. It is recommended for the military historian and serving naval officer, but parts, especially those focused on logistics and training, speak to anybody involved in the Canadian military industrial complex."—Starshell, Naval Association of Canada