{"product_id":"great-admirals-command-at-sea-15871945-9780870212291","title":"Great Admirals: Command at Sea  1587-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining scholarship with readability  this collection of nineteen biographical essays has been written by a distinguished international team of naval historians in a style readily accessible to the general reader. It examines admirals of many navies  from the advent of the gun-armed sailing ship onward  who gave naval combat a recognizably modern form. The theme is leadership in war at sea. Each essay treats an admiral who held command in battle  exploring the combination of personal attributes and professional experience that shaped the admirals leadership  and analyzing a battle in which that leadership can be observed in action.  Only admirals who flew their flags in battle are included. They are presented in chronological order  beginning with Drake  continuing with Tromp  Blake  de Ruyter  Hawke  Juel  Suffren  Nelson  Miaoulis  Farragut  Tegetthoff  Dewey  Togo  Jellicoe  Scheer  Cunningham  Yamamoto  Spruance  and Halsey. Complementing their biographies are nearly forty illustrations  including seldom-seen portraits  and more than thirty maps and charts drawn especially for the book. Six surveys by the editor trace the evolution of the instruments and conditions of naval warfare and link the admirals to their eras. As a whole  the work provides a panoramic treatment of command at sea under the changing circumstances of naval combat since early modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789857579061,"sku":"ByrdShop_087021229X","price":30.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870212291.jpg?v=1784700985","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/great-admirals-command-at-sea-15871945-9780870212291","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}