Walter R. Borneman

Admiralene: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy og King – de femstjerners admiralene som vant krigen til sjøs

Sjanger: Biografier og memoarer

Utstede: 30/04/2012
Redaktør: første
Forlag: Little Brown og kompani
Format: Innbundet
Sider: 576
Dimensjoner: 9.49 x 6.18 x 1.69 tommer
ISBN-10 : 9780316097840
ASIN: 0316097845

How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In THE ADMIRALS, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men-who were both friends and rivals-worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II.

Biografi

Walter R. Borneman skriver om amerikansk militær og politisk historie. Hans siste bok, THE ADMIRALS: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King – The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea (Little, Brown, 2012), er historien om de eneste fire mennene i amerikansk historie som oppnådde rang av flåteadmiral. Sammen forvandlet de den amerikanske marinen med hangarskip og ubåter og vant andre verdenskrig.Nylige titler inkluderer POLK: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America (Random House, 2008), som vant Tennessee History Book Award og Colorado Book Award for Biography, og 1812: The War That Forged a Nation (HarperCollins, 2004). Han bor i Colorado og har tilbrakt mange dager med å klatre i fjellene.

Walter R. Borneman – Admiralene: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy og King – De femstjerners admiralene som vant krigen til sjøs

Admiralene: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy og King – de femstjerners admiralene som vant krigen til sjøs