The Aircraft Carrier Story, 1908-1945
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The Aircraft Carrier Story, 1908-1945 by Guy Robbins
The beginnings of the aircraft carrier were difficult. Guy Robbins' detailed history tells of the early days in World War One, when seaplanes had to be lowered from the ship to take off from the sea, and whinched aboard again on their return. These impracticalities led eventually to aircraft that could take off and land from a long, flat deck. The author examines Royal Navy, American, and Japanese progress in career development and strategy through the interwar years, showing how naval powers gradually shifted their thinking to favour the carrier. Together with sharply reported accounts of wartime engagements, both successes and failures, this book offers a valuable new account of the most significant weapons platform to have emerged in the mid-20th century.
Guy Robbins was born in Kent. He is a naval and military historian and researcher, until recently attached to one of Britain's leading military archives, and now writing full time from a new home in Calais, Maine in the USA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780304353088 |
| ISBN 10 | 0304353086 |
| Title | The Aircraft Carrier Story, 1908-1945 |
| Author | Guy Robbins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2001-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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