Chronicles in compelling detail the historic showdown between the U.S. Air Force and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framewo

Chronicles the showdown between the U.S. Airforce and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framework.

This book provides a historical background to the problems met during the early days of defense unification of the three U.S. military services: the Navy, the A

He also is known for his success as a writer, and the best of his work makes up a significant part of this book - excerpts from magazine articles, short stories

With the advent of the atomic bomb in 1945 and its impact on strategic thinking, the future of naval aviation looked bleak. Rapid demobilization after the war e