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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)
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