xviii, 317 pages : 23 cm

Originally published: Westport, CT : Praeger, ©2005

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index

Part I: The dawn of naval air power -- From dreadnoughts to flight decks -- Mobilizing for war -- Flattops in the Atlantic -- The rising sun -- Part II: Carriers at war -- Fighting for time -- Coal Sea: battle of errors -- Midway: the turning point -- Part III: Evolution of combat tactics -- The Rastern Solomons -- The battle for Guadalcanal -- Refining carrier tactics -- Island-hopping in the Pacific -- The Marianas turkey shoot -- Part IV: Ascent of the air admirals -- The new air navy -- Prelude to the Philippines -- Leyte Gulf -- The setting sun -- Part V: Command of the seas -- Korea: carriers and politics -- Vietnam: President's Johnson's war -- Cold wars and brush fires -- The desert wars

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