Format:
1 online resource (598 pages)
ISBN:
9781612513607
Content:
This classic study is considered essential reading for its analysis of fast aircraft carrier development in WWII. It provides a fascinating record not only of the U.S. Navy's metamorphosis from a battleship-oriented to a carrier-centered fleet, but also of the heated debates that took place over the changing naval strategy. With an insider's grasp of the famous individuals involved, award-winning naval historian Clark G. Reynolds takes readers from the war rooms of Washington to the flight decks of the Pacific. He vividly describes the battles over the concept of fast carriers between the air admirals and battleship admirals and offers little-known details gleaned from personal interviews and private diaries.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface to Reprint -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Dramatis Personae -- 1. Fast Carriers, 1922-1942 -- 2. Weapon of Expediency, 1942-1943 -- 3. Mobilizing the Carrier Offensive -- 4. Fast Carrier Task Force on Trial -- 5. Task Force 58 -- 6. Battle of the Fast Carriers -- 7. Emergence of the Air Admirals -- 8. The Philippine Campaign -- 9. British Fast Carrier Forces -- 10. Changing Missions: Peripheral War -- 11. Target Japan -- 12. Action Report -- Appendices -- Bibliographical Essay -- Notes -- Documentary Addendum -- Index -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781591147220
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781591147220
Language:
English
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