| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 576 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Revised edition of: Aircraft carriers : a graphic history of carrier aviation and its influence on world events. c1969. |
| Bibliography |
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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
The classic work completely revised and updated in two volumes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aircraft carriers -- History.
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Aircraft carriers. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Genda, Minoru, 1904-1989.
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| Added Title |
1909-1945 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Polmar, Norman. Aircraft Carriers : A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume II: 1946-2006. Dulles, : Potomac Books Inc., ©2008 9781574886658 |
| ISBN |
9781597973434 (electronic book) |
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1597973432 (electronic book) |
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1574886630 |
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9781574886634 |
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1574886649 |
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9781574886641 |
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1574886657 |
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9781574886658 |
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