About the Author

David Syrett is a professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York, and the author of The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy; The Defeat of the German U-Boats: The Battle of the Atlantic; The Siege and Capture of Havana, 1762; Shipping and the American War, 1775-1783; The Lost War; and The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1775-1783. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the University of London. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Syrett was the John F. Morrison Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the academic year 1981-82.