Borneman, Walter R.,  1952- <br/><br/>
The admirals :  Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea / 
Walter R. Borneman. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Little, Brown,  2012. 
 - ix, 559 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-544) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316097840 :  $29.99 0316097845 :  $29.99 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011032394 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nimitz, Chester W. 1885-1966. <br/>Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959. <br/>Leahy, William D.<br/>King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy --Biography.<br/>United States. Navy --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Admirals--United States--Biography.<br/>Naval art and science--History.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E746  / .B59 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>359.0092  B