New York, N.Y. Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [8], 247, [1] pages. Minor cover wear and edge soiling noted. Includes Notes, Acknowledgments, and Index. Also includes chapters on Dar es Salaam; The Eve of War; Commerce Raider; The Return to East Africa; Attack; Counterattack; Blockade; Besieged; Flugzeug!; The Tale of the Hilfschiff-I; The Tale of the Hilfschiff--II; The War of Nerves; Two Plans; The Severn and the Mersey; The Attack; The Last Fight of the Konigsberg; Ashore; Ready for Battle; The War on Land; The Marie; The Battle of the Lakes; The Battle for Dar es Salaam; In the Delta; Captain Looff Goes South; The Ring Closes; and the Last Battle. Edwin Palmer Hoyt (August 5, 1923 – July 29, 2005) was an American writer who specialized in military history. Hoyt served with the Office of War Information during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. In 1945 and 1946, he served as a foreign correspondent for The Denver Post and the United Press, reporting from locations in China, Thailand, Burma, India, the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and Korea. Hoyt subsequently worked as an ABC broadcaster. Starting in 1958, Hoyt became a full-time writer , and for a few years (1976 to 1980) he served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Hawaii. In the 40 years since his first publication in 1960, he produced nearly 200 published works. While Hoyt wrote about 20 novels (many published under the pseudonyms Christopher Martin and Cabot L. Forbes), the vast majority of his works are biographies and other forms of non-fiction, with a heavy emphasis on World War II military history. More