Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, Date: 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 10 inches by 12 inches. 384 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix A: British Aircraft Carriers. Appendix B; Aircraft Data. Appendix C. Principal Sources. Index. Heavy item. Norman Friedman, Ph.D., is an American author and naval analyst. He has written over 30 books on naval matters, and appeared on television programs on PBS and the Discovery Networks. From 1973 to 1984, he was at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for National Security Affairs. He worked for the United States Navy as in-house consultant. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a futurologist for the United States Marine Corps. The Royal Navy invented the aircraft carrier before and during World War I. Between the wars, it introduced the armored flight deck carrier, which radially changed the capability of the carrier in combat. After World War II the Royal Navy introduced three crucial devices - the steam catapult, the angled flight deck, and the mirror landing aid- which made it possible for carriers to operate high performance jet aircraft and thus to remain competitive with land-based air forces. The Royal Navy also first demonstrated vertical take-off jet fighters at sea. 1988. Naval Institute Press ISBN 0870210548 9780870210549 [US]

Used; Very Good. 41-A-05 Naval Institute Press Date: 1988 hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good . 1988. HARDCOVER. 1988. ISBN 0870210548 9780870210549 [US]

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Naval Institute, Date: 1988., 1988. 1st ed. 384p. Photos. Line drawings. Very Oversize. Archival repairs to jacket gutter. Fine/Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1988. Naval Institute, 1988. ISBN 0870210548 9780870210549 [US]