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"In the U.S. Navy ""Wheel Books"" were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of reference information for more experienced personnel, those weathered pages contained everything from the time of the next tide, to leadership hints from a respected chief petty officer, to the color coding of the phone-and-distance line used in underway replenishments. In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to modern naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute's vast archives that has been accumulated for more than a century, the books will combine articles from the Institute's flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of relevant professional subjects. Leadership is vital to any highly functioning organization. The Naval Institute has devoted countless pages of its publications to the subject of naval leadership, providing start-up guidance to neophytes, giving voice to the accumulated wisdom and experience of those who have led, and serving as a forum in search of answers to the many questions that have always been a part of this vital but sometimes elusive practice. In these pages are some of the most outstanding examples of this wealth of knowledge, gathered here for the use by naval officers of all rank in the never-ending quest for strong and effective leadership."

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A U.S. Naval Institute 'Wheel' book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers' careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of 'stars' of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value. --Baird Maritime.com

A U.S. Naval Institute 'Wheel' book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers' careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of 'stars' of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value. <b>--Baird Maritime.com</b>

�A U.S. Naval Institute �Wheel� book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers� careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of �stars� of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value.��Baird Maritime.com -A U.S. Naval Institute 'Wheel' book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers' careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of 'stars' of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value.---Baird Maritime.com A U.S. Naval Institute 'Wheel' book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers' careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of 'stars' of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value. --Baird Maritime.com A U.S. Naval Institute Wheel book that is part of an extensive and invaluable series of collections of philosophical but practical essays highlighting aspects of approaches to naval officers careers. As with others in the series, the editor has used his deft and experienced hand to mix the works of stars of the ilk of admirals Arleigh Burke and James Stavridis with those of a wide range of other commissioned leaders and a senior enlisted man. An excellent mix is the result. It provides a valuable reference for any serving or aspiring officer in any navy. Very good value. Baird Maritime.com

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Thomas J. Cutler has been serving the U.S. Navy in various capacities for nearly fifty years. The author of many articles and books, including several editions of The Bluejacket's Manual and A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy, he is currently the Director of Professional Publishing at the U.S. Naval Institute and Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year) at the U.S. Naval Academy and is a winner of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, and the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Award.

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