Command of the Seas

John F. Lehman, Jr.

ISBN 10: 068418995X / ISBN 13: 9780684189956

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988

About this Item

Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Seller Inventory # 2206220085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command of the Seas
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068418995X
• ISBN 13: 9780684189956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical

About this title

Synopsis

The former Secretary of the Navy details the behind-the-scenes stories of the events of his term, including the controversial "retirement" of Admiral Rickover, the Libyan bombing, and the General Dynamics scandal

Reviews

Lehman was Secretary of the Navy for six years under Reagan, and was crucial in that administration's push for vastly increased naval capabilities and a 600-ship Navy. Here he ably, if selectively, argues his cases for reform, justifying decisions such as retirement of Rickover, large versus small carriers, high-tech versus low-tech weapons, competitive versus cost-plus procurements, and a Navy organized around 15 nuclear carrier groups. Lehman is a lively writer, pulling few punches. He makes feeble attempts at objectivity, but is unabashedly a Republican stalwart. There are interesting technical analyses of naval policies (both U.S. and foreign), and some telling anecdotes on personalities and politics in Washington. Mandatory for public libraries and subject collections.
- Edwin B. Burgess, United States Army TRALINET Ctr., Fort Monroe, Va.
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