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The accidental admiral : a sailor takes command at NATO / Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.).

Author/creator Stavridis, James
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]
Descriptionxvi, 246 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title Sailor takes command at NATO
Contents You want to send me where? -- Two jobs, two countries, one house -- Afghanistan: whistling past the graveyard of empires -- Libya: Qaddafi's last stand -- Syria: through a glass darkly -- The Balkans: where old ghosts die hard -- Israel: the best of times, the worst of times -- Russia: why can't we just get along? -- Leadership challenges and pitfalls: McChrystal, Petraeus, Allen, . . . and me -- Tricks of the trade: how leaders make things happen -- The postman never rings twice: strategic communication -- Requiem for strategic planning? -- Innovation: the father of all necessity -- NATO: quo vadis? -- What keeps me awake at night: convergence -- Going ashore -- Appendix A. Gen. John Kelly's e-mail on the death of his son, Robert -- Appendix B. The North Atlantic Treaty -- Appendix C. The NATO Lisbon Summit declaration -- Appendix D. Reading list.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Stavridis, James. Accidental admiral Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014] 9781612517827
Genre/formAnecdotes.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formMilitary history.
LCCN 2014017304
ISBN9781612517049 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1612517048 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E745 .S675 A3 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold