author
Robert Cressman
b. 1950
Best known for vivid, carefully researched books on World War II in the Pacific, this American naval historian brings battles, ships, and the people behind them into sharp focus.
2 Audiobooks
Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
by Robert Cressman, J. Michael Wenger
A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island
by Robert Cressman
About the author
Born in 1950, Robert J. Cressman is an American naval historian whose work centers on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps history, especially the Pacific war. Sources describe him as a longtime historian within the Department of the Navy, and note that he earned both his BA and MA in history from the University of Maryland, College Park.
He has written and contributed to a range of military history titles, including books on Wake Island, Midway, Pearl Harbor, and major U.S. warships. His writing is known for combining operational detail with a clear sense of the people involved, making complex wartime events accessible to general readers.
Cressman has also received recognition for his scholarship. According to the U.S. Naval Institute, The Official Chronology of the United States Navy in World War II received the John Lyman Book Award, and his broader work on U.S. naval aviation history was later honored with the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award.