Aircraft carriers at war
Subtitle: a personal retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation
By: James L. Holloway.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9781591143918
Subjects: Holloway, James L., -- 1922-; United States. -- Navy -- Biography.; United States. -- Navy -- History -- 20th century.; United States. -- Navy -- Aviation -- History -- 20th century.; Cold War.; Admirals -- United States -- Biography.; Aircraft carriers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Naval operations, American.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Naval operations, American.; United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Cold War : a campaigner's perspective; title: Korea : the forgotten war; title: Korea : naval operations; title: Korea : air combat tactics; title: Korea : grande finale; title: Tactical nukes; title: The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons; title: Nuclear propulsion : Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover; title: The Enterprise : full speed ahead; title: The Enterprise : Vietnam; title: The Enterprise : fast turnaround; title: The Enterprise : Vietnam redux; title: The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager; title: The Syrian invasion of Jordan; title: Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet; title: Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor; title: Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords; title: Chief of Naval Operations; title: Chief of Naval Operations : aviation programs; title: The Joint Chiefs of Staff; title: Elder statesman; title: The future : past is prologue; title: Envoi : keel-laying ceremony for the George H.W. Bush.