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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787417003321

Titolo

The U.S. Naval Institute on naval command / / edited by Thomas J. Cutler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61251-889-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books

Disciplina

359.3/30410973

Soggetti

Leadership - United States

Command of troops - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Editor's Note ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. ""Taking Command"" ""; ""2. ""Your Command Tour"" ""; ""3. ""Journal of a First Command"" ""; ""4. ""Command at Sea-the Ultimate Specialty"" ""; ""5. ""Command Primer"" ""; ""6. ""The Practical Application of the Princples of High Command"" ""; ""7. ""Assumption of Responsibility-Essence of Command"" ""; ""8. ""Admiral King and the Naval High Command"" ""; ""9. ""A Flagship View of Command Decisions"" ""; ""10. ""The Functions of Command"" ""; ""11. ""A Sea Story Not Easily Told"" ""; ""12. ""Get Off My Back, Sir!"" ""

""13. ""Command Authority and Professionalism"" """"14. ""Elements of Command: Self and Family"" ""; ""Index ""; ""About the Editor ""

Sommario/riassunto

<div>THOMAS J. CUTLER, Lt. Cmdr., USN (Ret.), is also the author of A <I>Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy</I> and <I>The Battle of Leyte Gulf</I>, among other books, and is the recipient of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature.<br><BR></div>