Nimitz At War Av Craig L. (Class Of '57 Chair In Naval History Class Of '57 Chair In Naval History U.S. Naval Academy) Symonds

Nimitz At War Av Craig L. (Class Of '57 Chair In Naval History Class Of '57 Chair In Naval History U.S. Naval Academy) Symonds

From America''s preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two¿"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the defining life of Chester Nimitz for a long time to come." Only days after the Japanese attacked Pea......
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From America''s preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two¿"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the defining life of Chester Nimitz for a long time to come." Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz was not the most senior candidate available, and some, including his new boss, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, considered him a "desk admiral," more suited to running a bureaucracy than a theater of war. Yet FDR''s selection proved nothing less than inspired. From the precarious early months of the war after December 7th 1941 to the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay nearly four years later, Nimitz transformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history. From the start, the pressures on Nimitz were crushing. Facing demands
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From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two-"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the defining life of Chester Nimitz for a long time to come." Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet.Nimitz was not the most senior candidate available, and some, including his new boss, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, considered him a "desk admiral," more suited to running a bureaucracy than a theater of war.Yet FDR's selection proved nothing less than inspired. From the precarious early months of the war after December 7th 1941 to thesurrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay nearly four years later, Nimitz transformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history. From the start, the pressures on Nimitz were crushing.Facing demands from Washington to mount an early offensive, he had first to revive the depressed morale of the thousands of sailors, soldiers, and Marines who served under him. He had to corral independent-minded subordinates-including Admiral Bill "Bull" Halsey and General Holland "Howlin' Mad" Smith-and keep them focused on shared objectives. He had to maintain a sometimes-fraught relationship with his Army counterpartDouglas MacArthur, and cope with his superiors, including the formidably prickly King and the inscrutable FDR.He had to navigate the expectations of a nation impatient for revenge and eventual victory. And of course, he also confronted a formidable and implacable enemy in the Imperial Japanese Navy, which, untilthe Battle of Midway, had the run of the Pacific. Craig Symonds' Nimitz at War reveals how the quiet man from the Hill Country of Texas eventually surmounted all of these challenges.Using Nimitz's headquarters-the eye of the hurricane-as his vantage point, Symonds covers all the major campaigns in the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. He captures Nimitz's composure, discipline, homespun wisdom, and most of all his uncanny sense of when to assert authority and when to pull back. In retrospect it is difficult toimagine anyone else accomplishing what Nimitz did.As Symonds' absorbing, dynamic, and authoritative portrait reveals, it required qualities of leadership exhibited by few other commanders in history, qualities that are enduringly and even poignantly relevant to our own moment.

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Oppdag "Nimitz At War" av Craig L. Symonds

Dykk inn i historien med Nimitz At War Av Craig L. Symonds, en uunnværlig bok for alle som er interessert i marin historie. Denne boken er den første helhetlige biografien av Chester W. Nimitz på over femti år, skapt av Amerikas fremste marinhistoriker. Detaljert og engasjerende, gir den et unikt perspektiv på mannen som ledet den amerikanske marinens innsats i Stillehavet under andre verdenskrig.

Hvorfor Velge "Nimitz At War"?

  • Unik innsikt: Oppdag hvordan Nimitz, aldri ansett som den mest erfarne kandidaten, gikk fra en "kontoradmiral" til å bli en legende.
  • Historiske kampanjer: Symonds tar deg gjennom alle de store kampanjene fra Guadalcanal til Okinawa, og skildrer Nimitz' strategiske beslutninger og hans forhold til både undermenn og overordnede.
  • Lederstil: Lær om de nøkkelkvaliteter som gjorde Nimitz til en eksepsjonell leder, og hvordan han navigerte i intense press for å gjenopprette moralen til sine tropper.

Les mer om Chester Nimitz’ betydning

Bygget på omfattende forskning, Nimitz At War blander dybde med tilgjengelighet, og er perfekt for både historikere og entusiaster. Craig L. Symonds fanger Nimitz' komposisjon og visdom, og viser hvordan hans unike tilnærming til ledelse var avgjørende for seieren i Stillehavet.

Enten du er en historieentusiast eller bare leter etter en fascinerende leser, vil denne boken berike din forståelse av en av de mest betydningsfulle figurene fra det 20. århundre. Ikke gå glipp av sjansen til å få et innblikk i denne bemerkelsesverdige historiske skikkelse.

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