摘要：Leadership in war is not a science. Some commanders have what it takes, some do not. Part Cherokee Oklahoma farm boy Joseph James 'Jocko' Clark had that vital quality, and he had it in spades. His hard driving, noisy, aggressive, in-your-face leadership made the second USS Yorktown a great ship in a matter of months. He was not content with getting the job done, he always wanted to be first, fastest, and do the most damage to the enemy. His success was built on individualism, initiative, instinct, and above all a refusal to be constrained by red tape and rules. A most unlikely naval cadet Jocko was never entirely happy in the homogenising process of initial officer training. Instead he survived, despite being back termed for hazing, and quickly recovered any lost time when the United States joined the First World War. Always a practical man he learnt the business of leadership from his elders on a series of destroyer postings across the more disturbed areas of post war Europe . He chose fine officers to emulate, and decided to go flying. Having qualified as a pilot he proved to be both skilful and fortunate, with only one minor crash. As he rose in rank he revealed skills and competences that invariably surprised his more 'intellectual' superiors. Successive chiefs of BuAer William Moffett, and his one time captain Ernie King were quick to praise Clark . But there was always a nagging sense that he wasn't the type for senior posts. However, he survived the age of peacetime management, and was in the right place when America went to war
