Lisle Abbott Rose

Lisle A. Rose served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957 and in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and international Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1978 to 1989. Besides serving as an expert commentator about Byrd for A&E's Biography series and PBS's American Experience, he is author of eleven previous books, including Assault on Eternity: Richard E. Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica, 1946-47 and, most recently, the three-volume Power at Sea (University of Missouri...See more

Lisle A. Rose served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957 and in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and international Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1978 to 1989. Besides serving as an expert commentator about Byrd for A&E's Biography series and PBS's American Experience, he is author of eleven previous books, including Assault on Eternity: Richard E. Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica, 1946-47 and, most recently, the three-volume Power at Sea (University of Missouri Press). He lives in Edmonds, Washington. See less