Washington DC: Naval Historical Foundation, 1981. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. v, [1], 55, [3] pages plus covers. Illustrations. Tables. Footnotes. Appendix: Data on Officers Resigning, Accepted and Dismissed. William Sheldon Dudley (born 14 July 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a naval historian of the United States Navy, who served as Director of Naval History[1][2] and Director, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. from 1995 to 2004. In 1970, Southern Methodist University appointed him assistant professor of history. He remained there until 1977, when the Naval Historical Center appointed him a supervisory historian. Dudley began work on the series "Naval Documents of the American Revolution," beginning with volume 8, under its editor Dr. William J. Morgan. In 1982, Dudley succeeded Morgan as Head, Early History Branch from 1982–1990, during which period he initiated a similar series for the War of 1812, and then succeeded Morgan again as Senior Historian, 1990-1995. In 1995, the Navy Department selected Dudley for a Senior Executive Service appointment to succeed Dr. Dean C. Allard as Director of Naval History. Dudley held this post until his retirement in December 2004. Dudley served as president of the American Revolution Roundtable in 1987, president of the Society for History in the Federal Government in 1989-1990, and president of the North American Society for Oceanic History, 1999-2003. He has been elected a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, a director of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, and a member of the Maryland Advisory Committee on Archaeology. More

Washington DC: Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing this volume. Hardcover. xlv, [1] ,779, [3] pages. Foreword by Dean C. Allard, Director of the Naval Historical Center. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Index. Presented with the Compliments of the Director of Naval History card laid in. This is the first of a three-volume series. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. William Sheldon Dudley (born 14 July 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a naval historian of the United States Navy, who served as Director of Naval History and Director, Naval Historical Center from 1995 to 2004. In 1977, the Naval Historical Center appointed him a supervisory historian. Dudley began work on the series "Naval Documents of the American Revolution," beginning with volume 8, under its editor Dr. William J. Morgan. In 1982, Dudley became Head, Early History Branch from 1982–1990, during which period he initiated the series for the War of 1812, and then became Senior Historian, 1990-1995. In 1995, Dudley was selected as Director of Naval History. Dudley held this post until 2004. More