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03868aam a2200493 i 4500 001 2A18471A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20240315010227 008 151026t20162016mau b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2015040172 020 $a 0674049632 020 $a 9780674049635 035 $a (OCoLC)926061427 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c STF $d HLS $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a p------ $a p------ 050 00 $a E746.H3 H84 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hughes, Thomas Alexander, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a Admiral Bill Halsey : $b a naval life / $c Thomas Alexander Hughes. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a 483 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t At home at last. $t The admiral's captain -- $t A carefree and careful boy -- $t New officer, new navy, new century -- $t A naval band of brothers -- $t Becoming Bill Halsey -- $t The oldest aviator -- $t The first fighter -- $t The right man -- $t The thin red line -- $t Real tales of the South Pacific -- $t The crossroads of command -- $t Low tide -- $t High tide -- $t At sea at last -- $t Bull's run -- $t An old man at sea -- $t At home at last. 520 $a "William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely resolve at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder at the Battle of Leyte Gulf made him the "Patton of the Pacific" and solidified his reputation as a decisive, aggressive fighter prone to impetuous errors of judgment in the heat of battle. In this definitive biography, Thomas Alexander Hughes punctures the popular caricature of the "fighting admiral" to reveal the truth of Halsey's personal and professional life as it was lived in times of war and peace. Halsey, the son of a Navy officer whose alcoholism scuttled a promising career, committed himself wholeheartedly to naval life at an early age. An audacious and inspiring commander to his men, he met the operational challenges of the battle at sea against Japan with dramatically effective carrier strikes early in the war. Yet his greatest contribution to the Allied victory was as commander of the combined sea, air, and land forces in the South Pacific during the long slog up the Solomon Islands chain, one of the war's most daunting battlegrounds. Halsey turned a bruising slugfest with the Japanese navy into a rout. Skillfully mediating the army and navy's constant strategy disputes--as well as the clashes of ego between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz--Halsey was the linchpin of America's Pacific war effort when its outcome was far from certain."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Halsey, William F. $q (William Frederick), $d 1882-1959. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $v Biography. 600 17 $a Halsey, William F. $q (William Frederick), $d 1882-1959. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01802245 610 17 $a United States. $b Navy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533204 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a Admirals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Pacific Area $x Naval operations, American. 650 7 $a Admirals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00796937 650 7 $a Military operations, Naval $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710245 651 7 $a Pacific Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243504 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 3 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528061537.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20171215012244.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826052018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2A18471A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search