The news of James D. Hornfischer's death prompts a recommendation of Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. The book is presented as an exceptional, generational account of American destroyers. Its strength lies in capturing the character and experience of the destroyer force alongside the ships and actions. It offers a narrative history centred on American destroyer sailors.
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Hornfischer's destroyer history captured the tin-can sailors
James D. Hornfischer's Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is recommended as a defining account of American destroyers and their crews.