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Author:

Wildenberg, Thomas, 1947-

Title:

All the factors of victory : Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves and the origins of carrier airpower / Thomas Wildenberg.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Brassey's,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xiv, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Reeves, Joseph Mason,--1872-1948.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
Admirals--United States--Biography.
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-314) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- An auspicious beginning -- To sea -- The race for the Cristobal Col©đn -- From engineer to line officer -- On the Asiatic station -- Ordnance expert and rising star -- First command -- A captain's responsibility -- War College tactician -- A thousand and one questions -- Reeve's School of Naval Aviation -- Flag rank -- Aviation's important work -- The first carrier task force -- Washington politics -- Carrier commander -- Fleet command -- Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. fleet -- Wartime duty -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

9781574883756
1574883755 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49936032

LCCN:

2002008502

Locations:

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