Aircraft carriers at war : a personal retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation / by James L. Holloway III.

Author/creator Holloway, James L.
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiii, 479 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Holloway, James L., III, 1922-2019
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.

Contents The end of an era -- The Cold War : reflections of a campaigner -- Korea : the forgotten war -- Korea : naval operations -- Korea : air combat tactics -- Korea : grande finale -- Tactical nukes -- The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons -- Nuclear propulsion : Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover -- The Enterprise : full speed ahead -- The Enterprise : Vietnam -- The Enterprise : fast turnaround -- The Enterprise : Vietnam redux -- The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager -- The Syrian invasion of Jordan -- Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet -- Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor -- Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords -- Chief of Naval Operations -- Chief of Naval Operations : program management -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Elder statesman -- The future : past is prologue -- Envoi.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2007004061
ISBN9781591143918 (alk. paper)
ISBN1591143918 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E746 .H65 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold