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The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King, the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / Walter R. Borneman

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King, the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / Walter R. Borneman
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • New York : Little, Brown, Back bay books, cop. 2012
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XI-559 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : ill., cartes ; 25 cm
ISBN
  • 978-0-316-09784-0
  • 978-0-316-09783-3
  • 0-316-09784-5
EAN
  • 9780316097833 br.
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 359.009 2
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [533]-544. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • List of Maps Prologue: The Banks of the Severn Saturday, December 6, 1941 pt. 1. Sailors, 1897-1918 Leahy, "The Judge," Annapolis, Class of 1897 King, "Rey," Annapolis, Class of 1901 Halsey, "Pudge," Annapolis, Class of 1904 Nimitz, "Nim-i-tiz," Annapolis, Class of 1905 First Commands Dress Rehearsal pt. 2. Ships, 1918-1941 Battleships Submarines Aircraft Carriers First Stars Projecting Power At War All But in Name pt. 3. Admirals, 1941-1945 Searching for Scapegoats and Heroes Spread Thin Deciding the Course Fighting the Japanese and MacArthur From Casablanca to Teheran Take Care, My Boy Driving It Home The Crippling Blow Halsey's Luck Two Typhoons and Five Stars Interim President Toward Tokyo Bay Measures of Men Appendix A : Comparative Ranks of Commissioned Officers in U.S. Military Services Appendix B : World War II-era General Protocols for Naming U.S. Navy Ships Appendix C : Comparative Tonnages and Armaments of Selected Ships Appendix D : Chiefs of Naval Operations, 1915 to 1947 Appendix E : Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1922 to 1945 Appendix F : World War II-era U.S. Battleships Appendix G : World War II-era U.S. Aircraft Carriers Appendix H : Ships Named for the Fleet Admirals Appendix I : Major World War II Conferences and Operations with Code Names
Résumé ou extrait
  • A unique collective biography of the four men who "with a combination of nimble counsel, exasperating ego, studied patience, and street-fighter tactics" shaped the modern U.S. Navy to win WWII at sea
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