
Aircraft Carriers at War
by James L. Holloway
"A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Confrontation"
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Details
War:
Korean War
Perspective:
Aircraft Carriers
Military Unit:
US Navy
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
520
Published Date:
2007
ISBN13:
9781591143918
Description
The Cold War : a campaigner's perspective -- Korea : the forgotten war -- Korea : naval operations -- Korea : air combat tactics -- Korea : grande finale -- Tactical nukes -- The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons -- Nuclear propulsion : Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover -- The Enterprise : full speed ahead -- The Enterprise : Vietnam -- The Enterprise : fast turnaround -- The Enterprise : Vietnam redux -- The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager -- The Syrian invasion of Jordan -- Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet -- Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor -- Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords -- Chief of Naval Operations -- Chief of Naval Operations : aviation programs -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Elder statesman -- The future : past is prologue -- Envoi : keel-laying ceremony for the George H.W. Bush.