▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Sal uda , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁Category : C andid ates ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁United ▁States ▁elections ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁polit icians ▁Category : Activ ists ▁from ▁North ▁Carolina ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁B rew ster ▁H att endorf , ▁D . Ph il ., ▁D . L itt ., ▁L . H . D ., ▁FR H ist S , ▁F S NR , ▁( born ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁naval ▁historian . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁author , ▁co - author , ▁editor , ▁or ▁co - editor ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁fifty ▁books , ▁mainly ▁on ▁British ▁and ▁American ▁mar itime ▁history ▁and ▁naval ▁war fare . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Naval ▁Institute ▁Pro ceed ings ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁known ▁and ▁well - res pected ▁naval ▁histor ians ▁in ▁the ▁world ." ▁In ▁reference ▁to ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁naval ▁strategy , ▁an ▁academic ▁in ▁Britain ▁term ed ▁him ▁the ▁" do yen ▁of ▁US ▁naval ▁educ ators ." ▁A ▁Dutch ▁scholar ▁went ▁further ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁H att endorf ▁" may ▁right ly ▁be ▁called ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁mar itime ▁histor ians ▁in ▁the ▁world ." ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 6 ,