Title: A carrier at war : on board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War /
Authors: Miller, Richard F., 1951-
Publisher: Potomac Books,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Miller, Richard F.,; Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier); Iraq War, 2003-2011 Naval operations, American.
Abstract: "What distinguishes Richard F. Miller's A Carrier at War is its focus on individual officers, sailors, and shipboard morale as distinct from the usual "bomb and bullet" reporting. The USS Kitty Hawk's mission paralleled the tortuous course of events leading up to the Iraq War. Originally stationed in the northern Persian Gulf to enforce the Southern No-Fly Zone, the Kitty Hawk became one of the lead elements in the campaign to "shock and awe" the Iraqi armed forces, from the moment her battle group launched the Tomahawk cruise missiles in the first effort to kill Saddam Hussein to the round-the-clock sorties of fighter jets launched from her deck once hostilities began.
Contents: The offer -- Offer accepted -- Into the maw -- Amsterdam, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and other hotels -- Arrested landing -- The smoking sponson -- Living spaces -- The blue rainbow -- God on the Kitty Hawk: the ship's chaplain -- Boy and girls on the Kitty Hawk -- The ship's doctor -- Opinion and war -- Couch of the Kitty Hawk: the ship's shrink -- Sabbath at sea -- The ship's captain -- A Christian Sabbath -- The countdown begins -- Life goes on but so does the countdown -- Bands of brother and sisters -- Showtime -- Shocked and awed.