In November 1941, Commander Anson McDonald is suddenly transferred from a career in destroyers to a senior staff position in a carrier task force¿just in time to be plunged into the U.S. Navy¿s most desperate war. In this tale of what-if, he learns things he never knew about leadership as he assists his C.O., Rear-Admiral Erwin Rommel, in dramatically changing the scenes of World War II¿s Pacific Theater.