Aircraft carriers / Antony Preston.

By:

Preston, Antony, 1938-2004 [author.]

Material type:

TextPublisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1979]Copyright date: �1979Description: 192 pages : illustrations (come color), color maps, plans (2 color), portraits ; 31 cmISBN:

0448154730
9780448154732
060030437X
9780600304371

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

LOC classification:

V874 .P92

Contents:

Early Steps -- The Test of War -- Post-War Progress -- Politics and Personalities -- The Big Carriers -- The Third Generation -- Baptism of Fire -- The Rising Sun -- Pride goes before a Fall -- The Production Battle -- Carriers on the Attack -- The New Capital Ship.

Summary: "Traces the history of aircraft carriers since 1914, chronicling the role played by these ships in World War II and in modern defense systems."--Amazon.com.

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"A Bison book."

Includes index.

"Traces the history of aircraft carriers since 1914, chronicling the role played by these ships in World War II and in modern defense systems."--Amazon.com.

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