Title: Sailing True North Pdf Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
Author: James Stavridis
Published Date: 2019
Page: 336
“The author brings these admirals to life, creating a flesh-and-blood portrayal of each and calling things as he sees them in terms of both their strengths and their flaws . . . Along the way, readers also are treated to the personal insights of the author, one of the most successful maritime leaders of our time . . . For readers who learn history through personal stories, this book will resonate as both a superb popular history and a nautical exploration of leadership virtues reminiscent of David Brooks’ The Road to Character. As someone who also believes there is much to learn from our seagoing history, I’m grateful for this book, particularly one written by a skilled writer whose own leadership journey likely still has a number of its own chapters yet to be written.” —Proceedings Magazine"James Stavridis’ new book, Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, comes along at such a propitious moment and should be required reading for all young people looking forward to a career in public life...Stavridis is perfectly placed to discuss the virtues and questions of leadership."—Cipher Brief “[An] earnest mixture of biography, memoir, and pop psychology . . . readers will absorb some significant naval history . . . Stavridis, the former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and current chairman of the U.S. Naval Institute, has done his research in the works of popular historians . . . [These] the biographies make good reading.” —Kirkus “Admiral Jim Stavridis is a scholar-sailor-strategist of the first rank, a gift to his nation and to his times. And this book is itself a gift, a lively, learned, and resonant study of the things that matter most.” –Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America “If character matters, this is a must read for those who would live a full life. Admiral Stavridis and I served alongside each other from the halls of NATO to the hills of Afghanistan, and he is a thinker and writer I greatly admire. In this new volume, he takes us to sea with some of the most complicated Admirals in history and shows us the challenges of character with which we all wrestle.” –James N. Mattis, General, USMC (Ret); former Secretary of Defense “With these fascinating and timely profiles, Admiral Stavridis offers lessons about character and leadership that apply both at sea and on land. This study reminds us that strong leaders are built, not born, and that before we can inspire those around us we must first take a hard look at ourselves.” –Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright “No one is better qualified than Admiral James Stavridis to write about leadership and the sea. A fascinating, highly personal look at ten very different leaders, Sailing True North is both a wonderful read and a probing examination of human character.” –Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown “Jim Stavridis and I served together for years as Navy Combatant Commanders, and he is a thoughtful, historically grounded thinker and writer. His portrait of the ‘voyage of character’ resonates vividly in this turbulent 21st century.” –Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret.), author of Make Your Bed and Sea Stories “In Sailing True North, James Stavridis, one of the nation’s most distinguished admirals and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, has given us a timely and deeply revealing meditation on character as it informs decision-making throughout naval history. A compelling reflection on the lives of history’s most significant naval commanders, and how their leadership choices can help us find the right course to chart in our own lives. Great insights from a trusted and valued colleague at NBC News, where we rely on his views not only on security and diplomacy, but on leadership and character.” –Andrea Mitchell, NBC News’ Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent “Admiral Stavridis chronicles the stories of ten admirals of historical importance and the inner voyage of each to develop the qualities of personal character that made them heroic. While the forge in their journeys was the sea, Stavridis draws from their lives lessons on the importance of character for personal self-worth and professional success applicable for all of us. As always, Jim Stavridis takes on a topic of enormous contemporary concern—growing indifference in our society to the importance of character—with creativity, honesty and power.” –Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense 2006-2011 Admiral Jim Stavridis, USN (Ret.) spent more than thirty years in the US Navy, rising to the rank of four-star admiral. He was Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and previously commanded US Southern Command, overseeing military operations through Latin America. At sea, he commanded a Navy destroyer, a destroyer squadron, and an aircraft carrier battle group in combat. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently served five years as dean. He has published eight previous books and hundreds of articles. Admiral Stavridis is Chief International Security and Diplomacy Analyst for NBC News, and a columnist at both Time magazine and Bloomberg Opinion. Based in Washington, D.C., he is an operating executive of the Carlyle Group, an international private equity firm, and chair of the board of counselors of McLarty Associates, an international consulting firm.
In his acclaimed book Sea Power, James Stavridis reckoned with the history and geopolitics of the world's great bodies of water. Now in Sailing True North, he offers a much more intimate, human accounting: the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history's most significant naval commanders. Admiral Stavridis brings a lifetime of reflection to bear on the subjects of his study--on naval history, on the vocation of the admiral with its special tests and challenges, and on the sweep of global geopolitics. Above all, this is a book that will help you navigate your own life's voyage: the voyage of leadership of course, but more important, the voyage of character. Sadly, evil men can be effective leaders sailing toward bad ends; ultimately, leadership without character is like a ship underway without a rudder. Sailing True North helps us find the right course to chart.
Simply as epic lives, the tales of these ten admirals offer up a collection of the greatest imaginable sea stories. Moreover, spanning 2,500 years from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, Sailing True North is a book that offers a history of the world through the prism of our greatest naval leaders. None of the admirals in this volume were perfect, and some were deeply flawed. But from Themistocles, Drake, and Nelson to Nimitz, Rickover, and Hopper, important themes emerge, not least that there is an art to knowing when to listen to your shipmates and when to turn a blind eye; that serving your reputation is a poor substitute for serving your character; and that taking time to read and reflect is not a luxury, it's a necessity.
By putting us on personal terms with historic leaders in the maritime sphere he knows so well, James Stavridis has in Sailing True North offered a compass that can help us navigate the story of our own lives, wherever that voyage takes us.
Another Great Book From Admiral James Stavridis Retired Admiral James Stavridis has written an excellent new book, and it’s all about integrity. “Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character,” is an uplifting and informative story about Stavridis’s own journey in the U.S. Navy, but is mostly about ten other admirals who inspired him, and helped shape his personal path. I’m also a bit biased. I have known Jim for over 20 years, and he is one of the finest people I’ve ever met.Here are the admirals, along with some of Admiral Stavridis's text from the book about them:Themistocles, 524-459 B.C. -- The Power of PersuasionA Greek admiral who possessed a predictive skill, and “ . . . forecast the possible outcomes in any given circumstance.Zheng He, 1371-1433 – A Sailor of the Middle Kingdom“An organized frame of mind tempered by a calm personality.’Sir Francis Drake, 1540-1596 – A Pirate and a Patriot“A good example of how a deeply flawed character can still accomplish a great deal in an energetic life—for both good and ill.”Vice Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 – The Band of Brothers“Personified the desire that many people of character have to be part of something larger than themselves.” That trait was echoed often by the late Senator John McCain.Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1840-1914 – The Influencer“ . . . unwavering in his determination to communicate a new strategic vision of his nation—one that fit the times and turned America’s gaze to the world.”Admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1841-1920 – Rum, Buggery, and the Lash“ . . . relentlessly upbeat and positive.” Stavridis added, “If I could pick only one admiral to spend a long evening with, it would be Jacky Fisher.”Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 1885-1966 – The Admiral’s AdmiralPresident Gerald Ford, in dedicating the aircraft carrier bearing Nimitz’s name, quoted E.B. Potter, who said, “He was aggressive in war without hate, and audacious while never failing to weigh the risks.”Admiral Hyman Rickover, 1900-1986 – The Master of Anger“ . . . no admiral in this book was more visionary than Hyman Rickover.”Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr., 1920-2000 – The Angel of Change“Bud Zumwalt was great in vision, bold in challenging old customs, ideas, and assumptions; and both willing and able to make the bureaucracy howl.” Zumwalt’s gravestone bears the epitaph, “Reformer.”Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, 1906-1992 – Don’t Go Near the Water“ . . . a believer that it was loyalty to principle that mattered, not blind loyalty to any given boss.”Admiral Stavridis also offers ten character traits that echo the success and failures of the ten admirals, and also served him well over during his career on land and at sea.CreativityResilienceHumilityBalanceHonestyEmpathyJusticeDecisivenessDeterminationPerspectiveGeneral James Mattis said, “If character matters, this is a must read for those who would live a full life.”I agree 100%. “Sailing True North” should be an addition to everyone’s library.A Needed Compass Admiral Stavridis is a virtual icon in our Navy, and this new book provides a strong clue as to why. In these times that “try men’s souls,” we see the very substance of America’s greatness in jeopardy, our values and our very survival threatened on numerous fronts. It is a time when we desperately need to preserve and promote the essence of what has for two centuries made America unique in the world. Sailing True North is much more than a collection of navy biographies; it is a reminder that great leaders are often distinguished by their character, which is “at its heart the ability to lead the inner self toward what is just and right.” Understandably—after decades at sea in a highly successful Navy career—Admiral Stavridis chooses admirals to make his case for the importance of character; a good choice because these individuals have all reached pinnacles of leadership and because “the sea is an unforgiving environment which daily poses hard challenges that depend on deep reserves of character to overcome.” This is not mere hagiography (“we can sometimes learn as much from failures of character as we can from triumphs”) but it ultimately provides “navigational advice” for all who are “sailing on the sea of character.” It is prescriptive (offering an antidote for some of what currently ails us), informative (there is much to be learned from these historical vignettes), authoritative (this admiral’s own well-developed character shines through), unique (his ties to the sea offer reassurance to fellow sailors and revelation to those who have never had the privilege of going “down to the sea in ships”), and ultimately inspiring (one emerges from this reading with a sense of hope and a renewed faith that, with leaders like Jim Stavridis at the helm, this great ship of state will remain on course and avoid the many rocks and shoals that lie ahead).Imaginative scope of conventional and unconventional leaders Imaginative selection of not just the obvious winners of fleet actions, but also of leaders in non combat roles that provided a decisive material and technological edge. The applicability of the lessons transcends the naval field.
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