Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (Craig L. Symonds - WH) Type:Sofcover 000 captured (about one-half of

000 captured (about one-half of his command)

having graduated last in his class at West Point

Lincoln feared that the war could end in Union victory with slavery still intact

Sacher’s history of Confederate conscription serves as the first comprehensive examination of the topic in nearly one hundred years

Beyond the stunning scenery lies important history of early America

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (Craig L. Symonds - WH) Type:Sofcover 000 captured (about one-half ofby Craig L. Symonds Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz was not the most senior candidate available, and some, including his new boss, U. S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, considered him a "desk admiral," more suited to running a bureaucracy than a theater of war. Yet FDR's selection proved nothing less than inspired. From the