| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
853538
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Polmar, Norman.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Aircraft carriers. : a history of carrier aviation and its influence on world events /\ Norman Polmar ; in collaboration with Minoru Genda [and others] ; silhouette drawings by James Caiella.
|
| Edition Statement
|
:
|
2nd ed.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Washington, D.C. :: Potomac Books,, ©2006.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xv, 576 pages) :: illustrations, maps
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1574886630
|
|
|
:
|
: 1597973432
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781574886634
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781597973434
|
|
|
:
|
1574886630
|
|
|
:
|
1574886649
|
|
|
:
|
1574886657
|
|
|
:
|
9781574886634
|
|
|
:
|
9781574886641
|
|
|
:
|
9781574886658
|
| Notes
|
:
|
Revised edition of: Aircraft carriers : a graphic history of carrier aviation and its influence on world events. c1969.
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Cover; Contents; Perspective; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; 1 The "Peaceful" Years; 2 Jets and Whirlybirds; 3 Atomic Bombs Aboard Ship; 4 "The Wrong War"; 5 "An Entirely New War"; 6 Concluding a War; 7 The Cold War Navy; 8 French and British Carriers at War; 9 The Suez Operation; 10 The Super Carriers; 11 New Carrier Concepts; 12 Carrier Proliferation; 13 New Ships and Planes; 14 Carriers to Cuban Waters; 15 Wings Over Southeast Asia ... Again; 16 Escalation to Escalation; 17 A War Lost; 18 Carrier Controversies; 19 New Directions.
|
|
|
:
|
20 Carrier War in the South Atlantic21 Lessons and Finances; 22 The Russian Experience; 23 Soviet Aircraft Carriers; 24 Rehabilitation and Retaliation; 25 Amphibious Assault; 26 Into the 21st Century; Appendixes; A: War Without Carriers; B: U.S. Aircraft Carrier Designations; C: Aircraft Carrier Characteristics; D: U.S. Carrier Modenizations; E: Harrier Aircraft Production; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
The classic work completely revised and updated in two volumes.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Aircraft carriers-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Aircraft carriers.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Marine Naval.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
359.9/435
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
V874.P65eb v. 1
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Genda, Minoru,1904-1989.
|
| Parallel Title
|
:
|
1909-1945
|