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and absolutely harrowing
Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew
the narrative flows briskly through the winter of 1862-63 on the way to the first major campaign at Chancellorsville
With the presidential election looming in the fall
Although he nearly lost the battle
Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (Craig L. Symonds - WH) Type:Sofcover and absolutely harrowingby 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
