On the warpath in the Pacific
Subtitle: Admiral Jocko Clark and the fast carriers
By: Clark G. Reynolds.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
Subjects: Clark, Joseph James, 1893-1971.; United States. Navy -- Biography.; United States. Navy -- Aviation -- History -- 20th century.; Admirals -- United States -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.; Aircraft carriers -- Pacific Area -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-518) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cherokee Kid, 1893-1913; title: Academy high jinks, 1913-1917; title: Germans, destroyers, aviators, 1917-1921; title: Policing the world, round one, 1921-1923; title: Flying with the battleships; title: and Moffett, 1923-1931; title: Attacking Pearl Harbor with Ernie King, 1931-1933; title: Warplanes, carriers, and Hawaiian defenses, 1933-1939; title: Into the two-ocean war, 1940-1942; title: Carriers and men and battle, 1942-1943; title: A civilian navy run by a sea dog, 1943; title: The pacesetting new Yorktown, 1943; title: Pacific offensive, 1943; title: Admirals must fight! 1943; title: Mitscher and Task Force 58, 1943-1944; title: Carrier admiral, 1944; title: The great carrier battle, 1944; title: Outstanding fighter, unexcelled task group, 1944-1945; title: On to Tokyo, 1945; title: Policing the world, round two, 1945-1950; title: Korean finale, 1950-1953; title: Postwarpaths, 1953-1971; title: Legacy : policing the world, round three.