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  • General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

    The Lives and Careers of America’s Commanders-in-Chief in the Pacific Theater during World War II

    Edited by Charles River Editors ...
    The Americans would eventually push the Japanese back across the Pacific, and one of the most instrumental leaders in the effort was Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet and helped coordinate joint operations with the legendary General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area. The ensuing strategies would lead to decisive operations at places like ... Read more

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  • Sink 'Em All

    Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

    by Vice-Adm. Charles A. Lockwood ...
    Originally published in 1951, in Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific Vice-Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, who commanded the U.S. submarines in the Pacific during the greater part of World War II, provides an official account of wartime successes and tragedies. Writing with writes complete authority and authenticity, he describes his efforts to improve the provisions and after-patrol ... Read more

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  • Nimitz

    by E. B Potter ...
    Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Grandmother

    by Leigh Nimitz ...
    Betty knows her new next door neighbor, but he doesn't know her. Bryce Harrington murdered Betty's granddaughter and walked away a free man. Where the court failed to find justice, Betty will. Armed only with stories of vengeful spirits and magical women from the sea told to her by her Irish aunt, she will drive him to the brink of madness and confession. ... Read more

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  • Admiral Nimitz

    The Commander of the Pacific Ocean Theater

    by Brayton Harris ...
    "A superbly written biography" of the legendary Admiral who commanded the Allied Pacific Fleet during WWII (Carlo D'Este, author of Eisenhower and Patton).Chester Nimitz was an admiral's Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last century. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nimitz assembled the forces, selected the leaders, and—as commander of all US and Allied air, land ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Great Sea War: The Story Of Naval Action In World War II

    by E. B. Potter, Fleet-Admiral Chester W. Nimitz ...
    A brilliant, concise and, perhaps, best single volume history of the Second World War at Sea. Written by veteran historian E. B. Potter during his time as resident historian at the United States Naval Academy this history is filled with action and analysis. As the conflict raged from the Pacific to the North Sea the author takes the action in each theater for the purposes of clarity but ... Read more

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  • The Admirals

    Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

    by Walter R. Borneman ...
    Discover 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 ... Read more

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  • Nimitz Class

    by Patrick Robinson ...
    It's as big as the Empire State Building, a massive floating fortress at the throbbing heart of a U.S. Navy Carrier Battle Group. Its supersonic aircraft can level entire cities at a stroke. Its surveillance gear can track every target within thousands of square miles--in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. Its crew of six thousand works night and day to keep this awesome military machine ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Nimitz’s Bypass

    Pacific War Volume 2

    by Carl L. Steinhouse ...
    In May 1942, submarines begin inflicting heavy damage on Japanese shipping. The marines and Army invade the Gilbert, Marshall and Solomon Islands. In November 1943, American forces, with heavy casualties, take Tarawa. Admiral Nimitz, over many objections, decides to bypass many strongly-held Japanese islands and blockade them to deprive the Japanese of supplies and food. Roosevelt publicly demands ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Nimitz’s Newsman

    Waldo Drake and the Navy's Censored War in the Pacific

    by Hamilton Bean ...
    When Lt. Cdr. Waldo Drake, USNR arrived in Pearl Harbor in June 1941 as the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s first Public Relations Officer (PRO), he was an admired maritime reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Reserve Officer appointed to intelligence duties. By October 1944, he was hated by most of the correspondents assigned to cover the war against Japan and seen by officials in Washington as an ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Nimitz at War

    Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

    by Craig L. Symonds ...
    From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two—"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the defining life of Chester Nimitz for a long time to come." Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Chester Nimitz Biography

    by MultiPress Media ...
    Uncover the extraordinary life of Chester Nimitz, a man whose strategic brilliance and leadership shaped the course of naval history during World War II. Rising from humble beginnings in Texas, Nimitz’s early fascination with the sea and commitment to the Naval Academy paved the way for a remarkable career.As the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz navigated the U.S. Navy through the ... Read more

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