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William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely handle at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder at the Struggle of Leyte Gulf made him the "Patton of the Pacific" and solidified his reputation as a decisive, ambitious fighter prone to impetuous mistakes of wisdom in the heat of battle. Within this definitive biography, Thomas Hughes punctures the favorite caricature of the "fighting admiral" to expose the truth of Halsey's personal and professional life as it was resided in times of warfare and peace. Halsey, the child of your Navy officer whose alcoholism scuttled a promising career, determined himself wholeheartedly to naval life at an early age. An audacious and inspiring commander to his men, he fulfilled the operational challenges of the fight at sea against Japan with significantly effective carrier strikes early in the warfare. Yet his most significant contribution to the Allied success was as commander of the put together sea, air, and land pushes in the South Pacific. Skillfully mediating the frequent strategy disputes between your Army and the Navy, Halsey was the linchpin of America's Pacific warfare effort when its final result was far from certain.
