The great admirals
Subtitle: command at sea, 1587-1945
By: general editor, Jack Sweetman.
Contributors: Sweetman, Jack, 1940-
Publisher: Naval Instute Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
Subjects: Admirals -- Biography.
Description: Combining scholarship with readability, this collection of nineteen biographical essays examines admirals of many navies - from the advent of the gun-armed sailing ship onward, through nearly four centuries - who gave naval combat a recognizably modern form. The theme is leadership in war at sea.

Each essay explores the combination of personal attributes and professional experience that shaped the given commander's style of conduct, while analyzing a battle in which that leadership can be observed in action.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-513) and index.