The Admiral's bookshelf

9781682472545

vii, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Never surrender : The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway
Pick the right people : The godfather by Mario Puzo
Be your own spokesman : It worked for me by Colin Powell
Write with simplicity and precision : the Elements of style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
Use humor often : A confederacy of dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Prepare deeply for the key events : Crusade in Europe by Dwight David Eisenhower
Stay physically fit : The boys in the boat by Daniel Brown
Seek to innovate : Steven Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Work smart : Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Think independently : The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood
Dream without boundaries : Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Be patient : The odyssey by Homer
Balance the tactical with the strategic : The art of war by Sun Tzu
Mentor willingly : To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
Know the borders : Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Deal with loss : Beloved by Toni Morrison
Understand the process : The Caine mutiny by Herman Wouk
Never lose your temper : The quiet warrior : a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance by Thomas Buell
Delegate freely : Nimitz at war by Craig Symonds
Never obsess : All the pretty horses by Cormac McCarthy
Deal in hope : Candide by Voltaire
Know your profession : The United States Navy : 200 years by Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.)
See the danger : Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell
Reach for glory carefully : The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Understand the history : The guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
Conclusion : what's on YOUR bookshelf?

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