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The History of Aircraft Carriers: An Authoritative Guide to 100 Years of Aircraft Carrier Development, from the First Flights in the Early 1900s Throu
by Bernard Ireland  Synopsis With magnificent illustrations, cutaway diagrams and historical paintings, this authoritative book provides both enthusiasts and historians with key information about the history of the aircraft carrier, and is an essential reference for everyone...
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Jane's Warships Recognition Guide 3e (Jane's Warships Recognition Guide)
by Robert Hutchinson Publisher Comments Since the first edition of this book, published in 1996, there have been major changes to the world’ s navies. A new generation of warships is entering service, replacing the fleets built up during the Cold War. Jane’ s Warship Recognition...
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Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World)
by Eric Wertheim Synopsis Internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces, this popular Naval Institute guide is both comprehensive and affordable. It has come to be relied on for its all-inclusive, accurate, and current...
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The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World)
by Eric Wertheim Book News Annotation Printed in an oversized format (9.25x12") and impressively large, this volume attempts a comprehensive assessment of national combat fleets from Albania to Zimbabwe, containing statistics and descriptions of boats, submarines, airplanes, helicoptors...
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U.S. Navy Ships and Coast Guard Cutters (Naval Institute Book for Young Readers)
by M D Van Orden Synopsis The author presents often complex information on navy ships and Coast Guard cutters in surprisingly simple yet accurate terms....
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Aircraft Carriers
by Chris Bishop Publisher Comments With its emergence at the end of World War I, the aircraft carrier quickly established itself as the centerpiece of any naval flotilla. Aircraft carriers' dominance at sea was marked by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Since then aircraft...
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Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (Naval Institute Guide to the Ships & Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet)
by Norman Polmar Synopsis Packed with authoritative information, up-to-date photographs, line drawings, maps, and useful appendixes, this timely new guide describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during an intensive period of transformation from the Cold War to what...
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Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars
by Robert Gardiner Synopsis This fully-illustrated volume describes the design, construction, and armament of the dashing frigates....
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Carrier Lexington (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students Texas A & M University)
by Hugh Power Publisher Comments Entering World War II as the second of the great Essex-class carriers, the Lexington destroyed more than one thousand Japanese aircraft sank more than a million tons of enemy shipping in the Pacific, and was the first American warship to enter Tokyo Bay...
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U.S. Aircraft Carriers
by Norman Friedman Synopsis This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle U.S. combatant types, as well as plans, profiles, and numerous detailed photographs....
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Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students Texas A & M University #0045: Battleship Texas
by Hugh Power Book News Annotation A little history and much mechanical detail of the only US warship to fight two world wars. Heavily illustrated (b&w) with extensive captions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Modern Warships (Gallery)
by Kit Bonner Publisher Comments Modern Warships is an illustrated overview of worldwide modern day navies since World War II. The modern warship fleet has changed significantly in the past sixty years, and in particular following the demise of the Soviet Union. Those changes in both...
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Janes Warships Recognition Guide 4TH Edition
by Anthony J Watts Publisher Comments The essential guide to the world's warships Full-color photographsCompletely up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on all types of warshipsTechnical dataKey recognition featuresDetailed line...
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U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History
by Norman Friedman Book News Annotation Friedman, a naval historian, revises his 1982 account of the development of all classes of American destroyers to describe the past two decades of designs since the and classes. He details the design evolution of the class, which has become the...
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The Battleship Bismarck (Anatomy of the Ship)
by Jack Brower Book News Annotation One of the largest and heaviest warships in Europe, the Bismarck was sunk in 1941 off the west coast of France after fighting in battles during World War II. The ship's history and structure is detailed, including tables of technical specifications...
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Aircraft Carriers, Volume 2: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, 1946-2006
by Norman Polmar Publisher Comments In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines. At times, as in the early days of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in the...
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Navy: An Illustrated History: The U.S. Navy from 1775 to the 21st Century (Illustrated History)
by Chester G Hearn Publisher Comments “Profusely illustrated with dramatic paintings, evocative photographs and informative maps, this book conveys the fascinating history of the U.S. Navy. It tells of the officers and men who fought the battles and created strategies, tracing the...
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World War II Shipyards by the Bay (Images of America)
by Nick A Veronico Publisher Comments In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships...
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Aircraft Carriers of the World: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 140 Ships, with 400 Identification Photographs and Illustrations. from Early Kite Ba
by Bernard Ireland Synopsis - Features over 150 carriers with 400 identification photographs and illustrations. - An illustrated guide to the ships that operate aircraft, from early balloon ships and seaplane carriers to the modern warships that carry variable-geometry jets, V/STOL...
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The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History (Shipshape)
by Rif Winfield Synopsis By the end of the sailing era the 50-gun ship had come to be regarded as a hybrid--too small to stand in the line of battle, but lacking the speed and handiness of the frigate--so was often dismissed as a naval architectural dinosaur left over from an...
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