Norman Polmar

NORMAN POLMAR is an analyst, consultant, and author specializing in naval, aviation, and intelligence subjects who has written or co-authored more than 50 books, including multiple editions of Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet and Guide to the Soviet Navy.

In 2019, the Naval Historical Foundation awarded Polmar the Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award. He holds a B.A. from American University and served as U.S. editor of Jane’s Fighting Ships from 1967 to 1977, writing columns for Naval Institute Proceedings and Naval History magazine.

Polmar has advised three Secretaries of the U.S. Navy, two Chiefs of Naval Operations, three U.S. senators, and the Speaker of the House.

Norman lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

Norman Polmar’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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