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(More customer reviews)Following the success of his earlier book on American Generalship, Dr. Puryear now has repeated the same basic formula with the leadership of the Navy.
The nature of what makes a great leader is something that has been studied for centuries, i.e. Alexander, Genghis Kahn, Napoleon. Dr. Puryear's concept is to present the thoughts of those who have held high leadership positions to see what they believe to be important.
The list of admirals consulted for this book is too long to list here, but includes basically everyone you've ever heard of from World War II down to today. Some of the better known names include: King, Nimitz, Halsey, Burke, Turner, Crowe. Two of the more controversial leaders that are examined in depth are Zumwalt and Rickover.
In between talking about Navy Admirals, Dr. Puryear sprinkles a bit of other tidbits from or about people like Benjamin Franklin, or Army generals such as Marshall, Eisenhower, and Bradley.
I also found his discussion of Adm. Kimmel and Pearl Harbor to be quite interesting. In view of the continuing efforts on the part of Kimmel's descendents to exonerate him from any blame, Dr. Puryear takes a middle ground and presents a reasonable description of what happened.
Highly Recommended.
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