From World War Two to the present day; the aircraft carrier has been a potent display of the might of the US Navy. The nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of today are some of the largest ships afloat; with 3;200 crew as well as 2;480 in the air wing and upwards of eighty-five aircraft aboard. The modern carriers can trace their lineage back to before World War Two. From 1941 to 1945 there were almost twenty naval battles involving the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy and five of them would be fought between aircraft carriers. Critically; four of these battles would occur within a six-month period during 1942 and their outcome would affect the whole course of the war. Martin Bowman tells the story of the United States Navy's carrier war through the voices of the men who fought it; while continuing on through Korea; Vietnam and the Gulf Wars; to the present day. Profusely illustrated with images; many previously unpublished; this book graphically tells the story of US Navy aircraft carriers at war and the men who sailed on and flew from these veritable floating cities.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Little known Napoleonic Wars memoir well producedBy Simon BullI have a soft spot for this publisher and this book is a good example as to why that is.Cooke's experiences during the Peninsular War and War of 1812 resulted in his writing three substantial volumes.Originally they were ambiguously titled 'Memoirs of the Late War ' Volume One and Two and 'Narrative of Events in the South of France and of the attack on New Orleans'.Bizarrely;the second volume had a large section within it by two authors on subjects unconnected to Cooke's narrative.In any event these books are not ( I believe) currently in print and on the antiquarian market -if they could be found-would cost a small fortune and put them beyond the reach of all but institutions and the 'well heeled' enthusiast.Cook's wartime recollections make superb reading and must rank-notwithstanding their obscurity- among the best memoirs of the period.Leonaur have made a single volume of the Peninsular War material by excising the oddities in volume two and by publishing the third volume under the title 'The Light Infantry Officer' have created another work specifically for those interested in the War of 1812.So here we have two source works rescued from oblivion available in paperback at a very reasonable price.There are hard back editions for those who collect them.These books are not the often found facsimiles; but nicely produced modern editions.I cannot remember a time when a publisher of this kind of material did all of these kinds of things at such a modest cost to its customers.They publish a huge volume of military history adding to their catalogue regularly.So everyone from students to enthusiasts can have this great material in their libraries.May they prosper and may I recommend this book particularly.
