LEADERSHIP
Nimitz at War
By Craig L. Symonds · 496 pages
Why this title matters
Craig Symonds's command biography of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, tracing how he rebuilt the Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor and managed strategy, logistics, and coalition warfare across the largest theater in military history. A study in calm, methodical command under conditions that would have broken most leaders.
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