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Life at full throttle : from wardroom to boardroom / / John Treacher



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Autore: Treacher John Visualizza persona
Titolo: Life at full throttle : from wardroom to boardroom / / John Treacher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Maritime, , 2004
©2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 359.0092
Soggetto topico: Admirals - Great Britain
Aeronautics - Great Britain
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction and Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Glossary""; ""1. Start Up""; ""2. War Years""; ""3. In and Out of the Cockpit""; ""4. Master and Commander""; ""5. Driving Ships and Desks""; ""6. Flag Officer""; ""7. Change of Course""; ""8. Rotating the World""; ""9. Winners and Losers""; ""Reflections""; ""Appendix I Letter written on the occasion of the death of Samuel Treacher""; ""Appendix II The Fleet Review of July 1969""; ""Index""
Sommario/riassunto: By any standards, Admiral Sir John Treacher is an exceptional man who has had the fullest of lives. Old enough to have served and be sunk in the War, he went to be a naval aviator flying in the Korean War. His career took ff too and he rose rapidly to be the captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle and soon after Commander in Chief Channel. To everyone's surprised he left the Navy when all the indications were that he was about to become First Sea Lord. For many this would have meant a quiet retirement. Not so here! A number of influential appointments quickly followed including controversial
Titolo autorizzato: Life at full throttle  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4738-1596-7
1-78383-664-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791028703321
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