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Title: Command of the Seas by John F. Lehman, John Lehman ISBN: 1-55750-534-9 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lehman institutes strength within the U.S. Navy.
Comment: Former Secretary of The Navy Lehman provides the framework for anyone interested in what it takes to implement ideas within the U.S. Navy. By following his life's groundwork and background, the reader will quickly understand the fuel that provided the strength and courage it took to re-build the U.S. Navy. Secretary Lehman's unique personality and drive were focused on the idea of rebuilding the Navy after years of delapidation. He was given the political authority by President Reagan to force Congress and others in the Pentagon that a fully forward deployed, 600 ship Navy was required to maintain our national security. This text should be required reading every fifteen year's or so that no one should forget that our Naval infrastructure should match the courage of our sailors. Strength equals peace and Mr. Lehman reinforced this idea in the Defense Department. Let's hope that future administrations understand this dictum; or at least, another Mr. Lehman sticks his or her soul in the fray again. Books should further understanding. "Command of The Seas" provides the understanding required to take action in an atmosphere where the stagnant are popular
Rating: 5
Summary: Former Sec. Navy Lehman describes Navy during 70s and 80s.
Comment: The Honorable John Lehman describes why he, as a naval reserve officer and conservative Washington insider, wanted the job as Secretary of the Navy.
Once he achieved this position, Lehman gives a hard look at the state of the nation's defense during the late 1970s and 1980s. He also details info on who helped keep the Navy together and who worked to tear it apart.
Lehman also includes details about his controversial interaction with Admiral Rickover.
This book is an essential editorial on the state of naval affairs during the cold war. All arguments are backed up with documentation and facts. An excellent read.
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Title: On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy by John Lehman ISBN: 0684871777 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: On watch: A memoir by Elmo R Zumwalt ISBN: 0812905202 Publisher: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co Pub. Date: 1976 List Price(USD): $13.45 |
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Title: Bull Halsey by E. B. Potter ISBN: 1591146917 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Admiral Arleigh Burke by Elmore Belmont Potter ISBN: 0394584244 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat ISBN: 1580800467 Publisher: Burford Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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