David Wurster's Reviews > Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

I greatly admired Symons's WWII at Sea with his unique (to me at least) approach to that topic. He emphasized that the limited resources that the Allies brought to the war had to be allocated across all areas of conflict. Providing assets to the war in the Pacific meant less available for going after the U-boats in the Atlantic, for example. When I read a review of this book about Nimitz, I hoped our county library would order it. They did not, so I order from Amazon as a Kindle e-book. I was not disappointed.

I read many histories and historical fiction about WWII and always learn something new. After reading a very detailed look at a specific campaign or theater, I find is helpful to read something with less detail that encompasses a longer time period to help refresh my memory of the big picture. This book accomplished that for me for the war in the Pacific.

I found it very interesting to compare and contrast the personalities and leadership styles o Nimitz and the people around him. From prior reading, I have come to like Nimitz and his style, while disliking McArthur. However, I have to remind myself that the personalities that enable success in war or even in corporations are not the same as those typical of people we would want to be around in everyday life. I still like Nimitz and dislike McArthur, but we probably needed both at the time.