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American Admiralship: The Moral Imperatives of Naval Command  
Author: Edgar F. Puryear
ISBN: 1591146992
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
This definitive commentary on naval leadership presents the views of the most distinguished flag officers in the U.S. Navy whose wide inventory of attributes define the character of a successful modern leader. Edgar Puryear offers an artfully organized compendium of leadership principles as expressed over the past sixty years by such accomplished officers as Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, William Halsey, Arleigh Burke, James Holloway, Carlisle Trost, Stansfield Turner, and William Crowe Jr. Rather than presenting them in abstract terms, Puryear embeds these lessons in leadership in first-person accounts of significant events in history to dramatically illustrate the particular aspect of command under discussion. The admirals frankly describe rationales for the actions they took, often in the face of strong bureaucratic opposition. Two of the Navy’s most controversial leaders, Admiral Zumwalt and Admiral Rickover, are examined with thoughtful and telling testimony from their contemporaries, who explore the motivation, character, and legacies of these complex individuals. This broad array of detailed case histories and analysis succeeds where other books do not in defining the qualities of leadership that have placed the Navy in a position of prominence today.

About the Author
Edgar F. Puryear Jr., scholar in residence at National Defense University, is the author of American Generalship: Character is Everything, among other books.




American Admiralship: The Moral Imperatives of Naval Command

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This definitive commentary on the moral imperatives of naval command presents the views of the most distinguished flag officers in the modern U.S. Navy, whose wide inventory of attributes defines the character of today's leader. Edgar F. Puryear Jr. offers an artfully organized compendium of leadership principles as expressed by such renowned fleet admirals as Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William F. Halsey, and admirals Arleigh A. Burke, James L. Holloway III, Carlisle A. C. Trost, Stansfield Turner, and William J. Crowe Jr. The book's introduction clearly defines what leadership means in its particular context to the naval officer and then devotes a chapter to each quality of character essential to a successful commander.

     



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