Contents
List of figures
Abbreviations, Acronyms and Special Terms
Foreword – John B. Hattendorf
A presentation – Américo Pereira
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE
1. A Life
1.1 The young Chester
1.2 Annapolis
1.3 Far East
1.3.1 Ohio (BB-12)
1.3.2 Panay
1.3.3 Decatur (DD-5)
1.4 Unexpected change of course
1.4.1 Submarines
1.4.2 Diesel engines
1.5 The Great War
1.5.1 Underway replenishment
1.5.2 South Carolina (BB-26)
1.6 New challenges
1.6.1 Pearl Harbor Submarine Base
1.6.2 Naval War College
1.6.3 Battle Fleet
1.6.4 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
1.6.5 New commands
1.7 Flag Officer
1.7.1 Cruisers and battleships
1.7.2 BUNAV
1.8 Pacific Fleet
1.9 CNO
1.10 The final years
CHAPTER TWO
2. The Pacific Issue
2.1 Sad beginnings
2.1.1 Unresolved conflicts
2.1.2 A global war
2.1.3 The Combined Fleet
2.1.4 “Niitaka”
2.1.5 The Japanese southern advance
2.2 Gaining momentum
2.2.1 Carriers Strikes
2.2.2 “Shangri-La”
2.2.3 Clash of carriers in the Coral Sea
2.2.4 Ambush at Midway
2.2.4.1 Preparing to defend
2.2.4.2 The action
2.2.4.3 The aftermath
2.2.5 The end of the beginning
2.3 Strategy and Command
2.3.1 Casablanca Conference
2.3.2 Recapturing Attu and Kisha
2.3.3 Closing in on Rabaul: a two-pronged campaign
2.4 Central Pacific Drive
2.4.1 Debate and decision
2.4.2 A dreadful begining
2.4.3 The plan to defeat Japan
2.4.4 The Empire at reach
2.4.5 I shall return
2.4.6 Aproaching the Empire
2.4.7 Tennozan
2.5. The last days of war
2.5.1 The negotiations
2.5.2 In Tokyo Bay
CHAPTER THREE
3. Nimitz and Sea Power
3.1 The concept
3.1.1 Sea Power
3.1.2 Mahan and Corbett
3.1.3 The pragmatics of sea power
3.2 The means
3.2.1 Technological evolution
3.2.2 The arsenal of democracy
3.2.3 King of the seas
3.2.4 From the sea
3.2.5 Beneath the surface
3.3 The strategy
3.3.1 War Plan Orange
3.3.2 Two-ocean Navy
3.3.3 The RAINBOW plans
3.3.4 Command and control
3.3.5 Intelligence
3.4 Nimitz’s Triptych
3.4.1 Coral Sea: Slowing down Japanese advance
3.4.2 Midway: Stop Japanese advance
3.4.3 Guadalcanal: Striking back
CHAPTER FOUR
4. Nimitz’s Style
4.1 Leaders and leadership
4.1.1 Style
4.1.2 Art
4.2 Character
4.2.1 Trust
4.2.2 Simplicity
4.2.3 Care
4.3 Competence
4.3.1 Communication
4.3.2 Focus
4.3.3 Creativity
4.4 Relationships
4.4.1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4.4.2 Ernest J. King
4.4.3 Frank Jack Fletcher
4.4.4 William F. Halsey
4.3.5 Raymond A. Spruance
4.4.6 Douglas MacArthur
4.5 Commitment to peace
4.5.1 Friendship with the Japanese people
4.5.2 United Nations
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendixes
Index
Nimitz remembrance
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