Craig L. Symonds (Class of '57 Class of '57 Chair in Naval History

Gebundenes Buch

Nimitz at War

Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

Beschreibung

This wartime biography of the Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World War II, gives a bird's eye view of the war from inside the theater headquarters of the man most responsible for eventual victory against Japan.

Autor

Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, where he taught naval history for thirty years, including four years as History Department Chair. He also taught at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England. From 2017 to 2020 he was the Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of seventeen books, including Decision at Sea, Lincoln and his Admirals, The Battle of Midway, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings, and, most recently, World War II at Sea: A Global History His works have been translated into several languages and received numerous awards, including the Lincoln Prize, the Roosevelt Prize, and the Dudley Knox Medal for Lifetime Achievement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 864g
• ISBN-13: 9780190062361
• ISBN-10: 0190062363
• Artikelnr.: 62608043