1/8: #China spying prepares the same Pacific War battlefield: 1/8: Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds
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🗓️ 11 February 2023
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1/8: #China spying prepares the same Pacific War battlefield: 1/8: Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds
https://www.amazon.com/Nimitz-War-Command-Leadership-Harbor-ebook/dp/B09Y64QMZT
Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitztransformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.0 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:11.0 | Nimitz at war, command leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. |
| 0:15.0 | It's a pleasure to welcome Professor Craig Simon's, |
| 0:19.0 | Emeritus Professor from the U.S. Naval Academy, |
| 0:22.0 | writing of the Manchester Nimitz, who was principal |
| 0:26.0 | in the Pacific War of 1941 to 1945. |
| 0:32.0 | The story is told from the point of view of command leadership, |
| 0:36.0 | hence the subtitle. |
| 0:38.0 | This is the story as I've never read it before, |
| 0:41.0 | not concentrating on the battles, the moments to moments of the drama, |
| 0:45.0 | the disappointments and the grief, |
| 0:47.0 | but on the relationships of the flag officers and their equivalent in the U.S. Army. |
| 0:53.0 | Professor Avery Good evening to you. |
| 0:56.0 | Congratulations, it is Christmas, 1941. |
| 0:59.0 | Chester Nimitz arrives in Pearl Harbor. |
| 1:02.0 | What is his mission at that moment? |
| 1:04.0 | How does he imagine he will proceed, |
| 1:07.0 | given that the harbor is still burning? Good evening to you. |
| 1:10.0 | Good evening, Q. John. Thank you for having me on the show. |
| 1:13.0 | I appreciate it a lot. |
| 1:14.0 | We can imagine Chester Nimitz arriving by sea plane |
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