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David hasn't exactly concluded the Honor Harrington series, although she was originally scheduled to die several books ago. He then planned to skip a generation and take up the current struggle with the Sollies and the Mesan Alignment using Honor's children. Fan (and wifely) pressure forced him to change plans and speed up the storyline somewhat, but the result is that Honor has progressed too far both militarily and politically in rank to take personal part in the most interesting battles, giving her a more general mandate in the series. Progress through the ranks tends to eventually remove one from all but the most desperate "sharp ends" of war.
On another question, since some later treecats were named "Farragut", "Togo" and "Nelson", it's quite safe to attribute Nimitz's name to Chester Nimitz. It's incredibly difficult to answer some of these questions without spoilers.
Most people object to the "infodumps" of technology and politics, rather than the existence of treecats. Personally, I'm just glad he didn't go for mutant parrots!
The tech infodumps can be easily skimmed over without detracting from the action. The political machinations, though, can become seriously important in the stories...but not always. Still, through all the novels, you get one of the most richly described multi-empire starfaring civilizations ever written.
As long as he writes 'em, I'll read 'em.
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