Admiral Nimitz

The biography of legendary admiral Chester W. Nimitz master military strategist and visionary of submarine operations.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 U.S. and Allied air land and sea forces in the Pacific Ocean - led the charge one island at a time one battle at a time toward victory. A brilliant strategist he astounded contemporaries by achieving military victories against fantastic odds outpacing more flamboyant luminaries like General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Bull Halsey. And he was there to accept on behalf of the United States the surrender of the Japanese aboard the battleship USS Missouri in August 1945. In this first biography in over three decades Brayton Harris uses long-overlooked files and recently declassified documents to bring to life one of America''s greatest wartime heroes.