Summary
Brayton Harris' "Admiral Nimitz" is the easy-to-read story of the career of the nation's foremost Navy flag officer of the 20th century. Mr. Harris has done an admirable job of condensing a long and colorful career into a mere 213 pages. With so few pages to work with, he seldom goes into great detail, but it's an easy read, it flows in a natural chronological order, and it covers all important events in Nimitz's life, especially the period when he was the "commander of the Pacific Ocean theater" during World War II. For the reader who might wish to learn about or refresh his or her knowledge of Nimitz, this book is a quick way to do so. It's also a great story of leadership.
The first third of the book describes Chester Nimitz's steady development as a leader from boyhood in Fredericksburg, Texas, through the Naval Academy, early duty stations in the Far East and the Naval War College to assignment as chief of the Bureau of Navigation, now the Bureau of Naval Personnel, in Washington just before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. His was not an unusual Navy biography for the era, but he clearly was someone who excelled at whatever he did.See the full content of this document
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How He Came to Lead Pacific War
Adm. Ernest King, the Navy's senior-most officer, and even President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized Nimitz's abilities, and it was almost natural that he was the on...
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