To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision

By James Stavridis

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

In To Risk It All (2022), James Stavridis, a retired four-star admiral, examines nine decisions American naval officers and sailors made under pressure. The cases run from John Paul Jones at Flamborough Head and Stephen Decatur at Tripoli through David Farragut at Mobile Bay, George Dewey at Manila Bay and William Halsey at Leyte Gulf, to Doris Miller at Pearl Harbor, Lloyd Bucher's surrender of the USS Pueblo, Michelle Howard and the Maersk Alabama hijacking, and Brett Crozier's COVID-19 warning aboard his carrier.

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• Ryan Holiday: “I really like Admiral James Stavridis, his book Sailing True North and To Risk It All. These are about great naval leaders for the most part... Highly recommend.”