Citations:arriviste

English citations of arriviste

• 2011, James D. Hornfischer, Neptune's Inferno (Trade paperback), Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 45:

  When the commander of the 8th Fleet, Rear Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, later expressed concern that the U.S. landings at Guadalcanal might represent a major operation, he was dismissed by headquarters staff as an anxious arriviste.