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The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea
- Title
- The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / Walter R. Borneman.
- Author
- Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 559 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- United States > Navy > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
- Nimitz, Chester W (Chester William), 1885-1966
- World War, 1939-1945 > Biography
- Halsey, William F (William Frederick), 1882-1959
- Admirals > United States > Biography
- Leahy, William D
- Naval art and science > History > 20th century
- United States > Navy > Biography
- King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-544) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-4382
- ISBN
- 9780316097840
- 0316097845
- LCCN
- 2011032394
- OCLC
- 2011032394
- Author
- Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
- Title
- The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / Walter R. Borneman.
- Imprint
- New York : Little, Brown, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-544) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-4382