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Nimitz at War

Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

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Nimitz at War

By: Craig L. Symonds
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
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From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two.

Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz transformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history.

Facing demands from Washington to mount an early offensive, he had first to revive the depressed morale of the thousands of sailors, soldiers, and Marines who served under him. And of course, he also confronted a formidable and implacable enemy in the Imperial Japanese Navy, which, until the Battle of Midway, had the run of the Pacific.

Craig Symonds's Nimitz at War captures Nimitz's composure, discipline, homespun wisdom, and most of all his uncanny sense of when to assert authority and when to pull back. As Symonds's absorbing, dynamic, and authoritative portrait reveals, it required qualities of leadership exhibited by few other commanders in history, qualities that are enduringly and even poignantly relevant to our own moment.

©2022 Craig L. Symonds (P)2022 Tantor Americas Armed Forces Military Naval Forces Wars & Conflicts World War II War Franklin D. Roosevelt Imperial Japan Naval Warfare Sailing Submarine Air Force
Insightful Perspective • Excellent Exposition • Informative Content • Historical Accuracy • Leadership Lessons

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Doug vs Chester is quite interesting in seeing how great WWII military commanders approached being leaders.

Great leadership study

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If you know the war, it’s interesting to see this side of it. How Nimitz ran the war and kept it going in the direction needed. Phenomenal listen

Excellent!

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I didn’t get a lot put of this book that I hadn’t read or heard elsewhere. There really wan’t that much info on Leadership style other than accounts of occasional references to conflict resolution. I do think Nimitz was a great man and leader and probably made decisions that won the war.

A Good Story But..

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Top notch.Very well narrated and insightful. I have read many books of the fighting in the Pacific but this is first one looking at the top down view.

Top notch.Very well narrated and insightful

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Excellent medium length book on Fleet Admiral during the war. Well worth the listening while on the road.

Nimitz at War

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An excellent work detailing Nimitz's career in the pacific! I learned so much about what he did and what he had to deal with in this informative work!

5 Stars, just like Nimitz

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This was such an amazing & gripping production that I had to force myself not to finish it at one go. Outstanding.

Great Listen

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Another 1st rate piece of work by, Craig L Symonds. A pleasure to listen to once again.

Admiral Chester Nimitz, a most extraordinary man.

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EXCELLENT narration. LJ Ganser just became one of my favorite readers- for his dynamics and word emphasis.

Ok- back to the book. Once begun, this one was hard to put down/turn off The piece was well documented without non-ending lists of various side bar characters.

The author was, of course, biased a bit toward Nimitz. But he did a great job of explaining the petty squabbles between the services and allies in the Pacific theater.

I suggest this book to anyone interested in our leaders and/or warriors from WW2.

Excellent Review of Excellent Officer

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Learned a great deal after years of being a WWII student. Highly recommend for a view from command heights.

A fantastic war bio

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