e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Call Number
Item Barcode
Bib Number
ISBN/ISSN
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Stavridis, James.
Subjects
Admirals -- Biography.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Stavridis, James.
by title:
Sailing true north :...
by call number:
359.00922 S798s
Search the Web
Stavridis, James.
Admirals -- Biography.
MARC Display
Sailing true north : ten admirals and the voyage of character / Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.).
by
Stavridis, James.
Penguin Press, 2019.
Call #:
359
.00922
S798s
Subjects
Admirals -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780525559955
Description:
xix, 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.
Contents:
The power of persuasion : Themistocles -- A sailor of the Middle Kingdom : Zheng He -- A pirate and a patriot : Sir Francis Drake -- The band of brothers : Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Horatio Nelson -- The influencer : Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan -- Rum, buggery, and the lash : Admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher -- The admiral's admiral : Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -- The master of anger : Admiral Hyman Rickover -- The angel of change : Admiral Elmo R. "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. -- Don't go near the water : Rear Admiral Grace Hopper -- Resilience and the modern admiral.
Summary:
"Admiral Stavridis offers lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history's most significant naval commanders. Spanning 2,500 years from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, the tales of these ten admirals offer up a collection of the greatest imaginable sea stories. None of the admirals in this volume were perfect, and some were deeply flawed. But important themes emerge, not least that there is an art to knowing when to listen to your shipmates and when to turn a blind eye; that serving your reputation is a poor substitute for serving your character; and that taking time to read and reflect is not a luxury, it's a necessity." -- adapted from jacket.
Genre:
Biographies.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
359.00922 S798s
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.