The U.S. Naval Institute on naval command / edited by Thomas J. Cutler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cutler, Thomas J., 1947- editor.

United States Naval Institute, issuing body.

Series:

U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--United States.

Leadership.

Command of troops--United States.

Command of troops.

United States. Navy--Officers' handbooks.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Other Title:

United States Naval Institute on naval command

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>THOMAS J. CUTLER, Lt. Cmdr., USN (Ret.), is also the author of A <I>Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy</I> and <I>The Battle of Leyte Gulf</I>, among other books, and is the recipient of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature.<br><BR></div>

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Editor's Note ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. ""Taking Command"" ""; ""2. ""Your Command Tour"" ""; ""3. ""Journal of a First Command"" ""; ""4. ""Command at Sea-the Ultimate Specialty"" ""; ""5. ""Command Primer"" ""; ""6. ""The Practical Application of the Princples of High Command"" ""; ""7. ""Assumption of Responsibility-Essence of Command"" ""; ""8. ""Admiral King and the Naval High Command"" ""; ""9. ""A Flagship View of Command Decisions"" ""; ""10. ""The Functions of Command"" ""; ""11. ""A Sea Story Not Easily Told"" ""; ""12. ""Get Off My Back, Sir!"" ""

""13. ""Command Authority and Professionalism"" """"14. ""Elements of Command: Self and Family"" ""; ""Index ""; ""About the Editor ""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-889-3

OCLC:

898273627