The admirals
Subtitle: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahey, and King--the 5-star admirals who won the war at sea
By: Walter R. Borneman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780316097840
Subjects: United States; Naval art and science; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Admirals; United States. Navy; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Maps; title: Prologue: The Banks of the Severn; title: Saturday, December 6, 1941; title: pt. 1. Sailors, 1897-1918; title: Leahy, "The Judge," Annapolis, Class of 1897; title: King, "Rey," Annapolis, Class of 1901; title: Halsey, "Pudge," Annapolis, Class of 1904; title: Nimitz, "Nim-i-tiz," Annapolis, Class of 1905; title: First Commands; title: Dress Rehearsal; title: pt. 2. Ships, 1918-1941; title: Battleships; title: Submarines; title: Aircraft Carriers; title: First Stars; title: Projecting Power; title: At War All But in Name; title: pt. 3. Admirals, 1941-1945; title: Searching for Scapegoats and Heroes; title: Spread Thin; title: Deciding the Course; title: Fighting the Japanese and MacArthur; title: From Casablanca to Teheran; title: Take Care, My Boy; title: Driving It Home; title: The Crippling Blow; title: Halsey's Luck; title: Two Typhoons and Five Stars; title: Interim President; title: Toward Tokyo Bay; title: Measures of Men; title: Appendix A: Comparative Ranks of Commissioned Officers in U.S. Military Services; title: Appendix B: World War II-era General Protocols for Naming U.S. Navy Ships; title: Appendix C: Comparative Tonnages and Armaments of Selected Ships; title: Appendix D: Chiefs of Naval Operations, 1915 to 1947; title: Appendix E: Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1922 to 1945; title: Appendix F: World War II-era U.S. Battleships; title: Appendix G: World War II-era U.S. Aircraft Carriers; title: Appendix H: Ships Named for the Fleet Admirals; title: Appendix I: Major World War II Conferences and Operations with Code Names.