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Author:

Haskew, Michael E., author.

Title:

Aircraft carriers : the illustrated history of the world's most important warships / Michael E. Haskew.

Publisher:

Zenith Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Aircraft carriers--History.
Aircraft carriers--Pictorial works.
HISTORY--Naval.--Naval.
HISTORY--20th Century.--20th Century.
HISTORY--Pictorial.--Pictorial.
Aircraft carriers.
Illustrated works
History.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Indispensable vessels, 1903-1918 -- Reshaping naval warfare, 1918-1939 -- Flattops at war, 1939-1942 --Carrier warfare refined, 1942-1945 -- The carrier in war and peace, 1945-1982 -- In retribution and relief, 1990 -- present -- Epilogue: Into the future.

Summary:

"An illustrated history of the aircraft carrier, from World War I through World War II, the Cold War, and today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0760348146
9780760348147

OCLC:

(OCoLC)917343650

LCCN:

2015030354

Locations:

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)