Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (Craig L. Symonds - WH) flag White explores what dreams meant

White explores what dreams meant to Civil War–era Americans and what their dreams reveal about their experiences during the war

and tactics and zoomed in on particular episodes: the Battle of Brandy Station in June 1863 (the largest cavalry engagement on American soil)

Though Lincoln's faith deepened during the turbulent war years and after the death of his son

by Matthew Borders & Joseph Stahl

The only modern strategic analysis of the battle

Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (Craig L. Symonds - WH) flag White explores what dreams meantby Craig L. Symonds Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz was not the most senior candidate available, and some, including his new boss, U. S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, considered him a "desk admiral," more suited to running a bureaucracy than a theater of war. Yet FDR's selection proved nothing less than inspired. From the