Brassey's, Inc., 1995. NEW copy. Dust jacket in mylar protector. 210 pages. "Bill Ruhe lived a unique life in a unique time. Having graduated from Annapolis in 1939, the young ensign set sail in a navy preparing for a war that seemed inevitable. He served on a 'tin can', the destroyer Roe, under a tyrannical skipper reminiscent of the erratic captains of The Caine Mutiny and Mister Roberts. The reader will chuckle as Ensign Ruhe and the crew battle, and sometimes outsmart, their overzealous captain, all the time training for the much tougher reality ahead. SLOW DANCE TO PEARL HARBOR is more than an outstanding naval memoir. It is a rech social history of America right before World War II ~ a period in which civilian society refused to admit to the dangers of the future. Share with Ruhe the images of Newport mansions, beautiful young debutantes, Hawaiian beach parties, and exotic Caribbean islands. Join the young naval officer as he falls in love, has his heart broken, and falles in love again. Enter his world ~ one in the sepia-tinted tones of a languid America slow-dancing toward Pearl Harbor."

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