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Author:

Reynolds, Clark G.

Title:

On the warpath in the Pacific : Admiral Jocko Clark and the fast carriers / Clark G. Reynolds.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xiii, 537 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Clark, J. J.--(Joseph James),--1893-1971.
Admirals--United States--Biography.
United States.--Navy--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific area.
Aircraft carriers--Pacific Area--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-518) and index. Disc contains interviews and oral history.

Contents:

Cherokee Kid, 1893-1913 -- Academy high jinks, 1913-1917 -- Germans, destroyers, aviators, 1917-1921 -- Policing the world, round one, 1921-1923 -- Flying with the battleships-- and Moffett, 1923-1931 -- Attacking Pearl Harbor with Ernie King, 1931-1933 -- Warplanes, carriers, and Hawaiian defenses, 1933-1939 -- Into the two-ocean war, 1940-1942 -- Carriers and men and battle, 1942-1943 -- A civilian navy run by a sea dog, 1943 -- The pacesetting new Yorktown, 1943 -- Pacific offensive, 1943 -- Admirals must fight! 1943 -- Mitscher and Task Force 58, 1943-1944 -- Carrier admiral, 1944 -- The great carrier battle, 1944 -- Outstanding fighter, unexcelled task group, 1944-1945 -- On to Tokyo, 1945 -- Policing the world, round two, 1945-1950 -- Korean finale, 1950-1953 -- Postwarpaths, 1953-1971 -- Legacy : policing the world, round three.

ISBN:

9781591147169
1591147166 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58454430

LCCN:

2005010431

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)