Mastering the Art of Command: the Strategic Artistry of Admiral Nimitz by Trent Hone

Admiral Chester Nimitz was one of the most effective military leaders of World War II. In his new book, Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific War, Trent Hone examines Admiral Nimitz's leadership and argues that Nimitz's effectiveness was based on an artistic approach that allowed him to maximize the potential of his command, wrest the initiative from the Japanese, and create the conditions for victory in the Pacific.

In this talk, Mr. Hone will explore Nimitz's artistic approach in detail and highlight how core attributes of Nimitz's leadership—collaborative sensemaking, decentralized execution, organizational unfolding, and the relentless pursuit of options—allowed Nimitz and his subordinates to readily adapt and adjust to new information and maximize the effectiveness of their command and organizational structures. Mr. Hone will integrate command and operational history to describe the war as it appeared from Nimitz's headquarters and how Nimitz mastered the art of command.

[davidfox]

Love anything on Nimitz, Spruance and Halsey. Thanks for the presentation, as I often spend my lunch time listening to such lectures/commentaries.

[millerdp]

Thank you for having Trent on your channel. He is providing some very original and refreshing conceptual frameworks of how to make more legible (visible and understandable) the Pacific War…and our views of sociotechnical systems in general. Bravo Zulu!

[briancooper]

Why Nimitz fired turner who was a drunk is beyond me.

[barnentertain]

Thanks you. An approach to the pacific war I haven't heard before. Most enlightening.