The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO por Stavridis, James - 2022

Naval Institute Press, 8/15/2022 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 0.8268 8.9370 6.0236. Cover and edges may have some wear.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Naval Inst Pr, 2022. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 246 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. After he was selected to be NATO's sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "Renaissance admiral." A U. S. Naval Academy graduate with a master's degree and doctorate from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, conversant in both French and Spanish, this author of numerous books and articles impressed the Navy's leaders and senior Pentagon civilians with his wide range of interests, educational background, keen understanding of strategic doctrine, mastery of long-range planning, and command of international affairs. Since NATO had previously been led by generals, Stavridis saw his assignment as the first admiral to take command as somewhat "accidental." As the American and NATO commander in Europe responsible for 120,000 coalition troops serving in fifty-one nations, on three continents and at sea he had come a long way since almost leaving the Navy for law… Ler mais