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2011032394 |
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9780316097840 : |
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$29.99 |
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0316097845 : |
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$29.99 |
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(NjBwBT)bt2012214132 |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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NjBwBT |
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pcc |
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| Classification number |
E746 |
| Item number |
.B59 2012 |
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08687684 |
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| Classification number |
359.0092 |
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B |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Borneman, Walter R., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1952- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The admirals : |
| Remainder of title |
Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Walter R. Borneman. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Little, Brown, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 559 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-544) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue: The banks of the Severn -- Saturday, December 6, 1941 -- pt. 1. Sailors, 1897-1918 -- Leahy, "The Judge," Annapolis, Class of 1897 -- King, "Rey," Annapolis, Class of 1901 -- Halsey, "Pudge," Annapolis, Class of 1904 -- Nimitz, "Nim-i-tiz," Annapolis, Class of 1905 -- First commands -- Dress rehearsal -- pt. 2. Ships, 1918-1941 -- Battleships -- Submarines -- Aircraft carriers -- First stars -- Projecting power -- At war all but in name -- pt. 3. Admirals, 1941-1945 -- Searching for scapegoats and heroes -- Spread thin -- Deciding the course -- Fighting the Japanese and MacArthur -- From Casablanca to Teheran -- Take care, my boy -- Driving it home -- The crippling blow -- Halsey's luck -- Two typhoons and five stars -- Interim president -- Toward Tokyo Bay -- Measures of men -- Appendix A: Comparative ranks of commissioned officers in U.S. military services -- Appendix B: World War II-era general protocols for naming U.S. Navy ships -- Appendix C: Comparative tonnages and armaments of selected ships -- Appendix D: Chiefs of naval operations, 1915 to 1947 -- Appendix E: Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. fleet, 1922 to 1945 -- Appendix F: World War II-era U.S. battleships -- Appendix G: World War II-era U.S. aircraft carriers -- Appendix H: Ships named for the fleet admirals -- Appendix I: Major World War II conferences and operations with code names. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Evaluates the pivotal contributions of history's only five-star admirals and how their triumphs in World War II rendered the United States the world's dominant sea power. |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nimitz, Chester W. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Chester William), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1885-1966. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Halsey, William Frederick, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1882-1959. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Leahy, William D. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
King, Ernest Joseph, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1878-1956. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Admirals |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 610 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Navy |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Naval art and science |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Navy |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
World War, 1939-1945 |
| General subdivision |
Naval operations. |
| Source of heading or term |
sears |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
World War, 1939-1945 |
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Biography. |
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sears |
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SANDY |