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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stavridis, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stavridis, James.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

United States. Navy.

Admirals--United States--Biography.

Admirals.

Armed Forces.

Technological innovations.

United States.

United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Biography.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

United States--History, Military--21st century.

United States--Armed Forces--Technological innovations--Anecdotes.

Armed Forces--Officers.

Armed Forces--Technological innovations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 246 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stavridis, James. Accidental admiral

ISBN:

9781612517049

1612517048

OCLC:

875239857