- Gebundene Ausgabe: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Caxton Editions; Auflage: illustrated edition (31. Mai 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1860198759
- ISBN-13: 978-1860198755
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,9 x 24,4 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 521.239 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Details the 360 carriers designed and planned by the world's navies. 400 photos and line drawings.
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Aircraft Carriers of the World is the first comprehensive reference work to detail in one volume the 360 plus carriers designed or projected by the world's navies. This has detailed narratives tracing the origin and evolution of the aircraft carrier as a viable fighting unit. Containing over 400 hundred photographs and line drawings, this book provides the reader with all the essential information he may wish to seek concerning what has become the largest and most complex fighting machine devised by man.
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Aircraft Carriers of the World - 1914 to the Present is a hardback book measuring approx. 10in x 10in. Beginning with a chapter headed "Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier," the author successfully explains the early days of aircraft at sea and the problems encountered in providing them with a mobile, floating base from which to operate - and return. With sections devoted to explaining flight-deck geometry, the catapult, landing systems and hangars, this provides an essential lead-in to the information that is to follow.
Chapter 2 gives the reader an insight into the changing "Role" of the Aircraft Carrier. This is a journey from those early days of "spotter planes" - required to do no more than report the whereabouts of enemy ships, right through to the ultimate modern-day, mobile nuclear powered system for delivering offensive airborne weapons to any corner of the world's seas.
With the right amount of graphs, ships' profiles, technical and historical information, this book is a scholarly piece of work. It was particularly interesting to see how the speed of carrier-borne aircraft has improved from less than 100 mph in 1915 to over 1,500 mph in 1972 and how the ratio of capital ships to aircraft carriers had completely reversed over a similar period. Further changes and modifications due to the advent of the British designed Sea Harrier are also covered in great detail.
Surprisingly, few countries (14 in all) appear to have ever employed Aircraft Carriers in their fleets and the remainder of the book gives full details of these countries and their ships in alphabetical order. Here one discovers how such historic ships as HMS Warrior built by Harland & Wolff and launched 20 May 1944 and HMS Vengeance (Swan Hunter - 23 February 1944) were renamed Independencia and Minas Gerais when they eventually became the pride of the Argentinean and Brazilian navies respectively.
The plentiful supply of historical photographs throughout the book are particularly well chosen. These include everything from the earliest attempts at launching aircraft from warships prior to WW1, the only known picture of the Japanese Shinano - displacing a massive 64,800 tons and lost in November 1944 prior to completion, and examples of every type of Carrier right up to the mighty nuclear powered USS Nimitz class and much more besides.
In short, this book contains everything you are ever likely to want to know about Aircraft Carriers and I congratulate both the author and publishers for a job well done.
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The Bible of Aircraft Carriers
25. September 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book has every aircraft carrier built and most if not all of them planned up to its publication. It includes all US escort carriers and other carriers converted from merchant ships. The book goes to the mid 1980's so it does not include the very latest carriers such as the new French and other carriers but it includes everything up to then, such as the US Nimitz class. The new Russian carrier is missing also. It has all but the last half dozen carriers. If you are looking for an encyclopedia of aircraft carriers through the 20th century then look no further
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One of the best carrier books I have.
25. November 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Roger Chesneau's Aircraft Carriers of the World (1914 to the Present), is excellent.
It has all the elements that a good warship reference ought to have: black and white images of the ships, top-side line drawings of the vessels, and detailed specifications of each class in a quick reference box. The information on each of the major aircraft carrier types is concise, relevant, and to the point. The data given is useful and utilitarian rather than glossy or fluffy.
Carriers of the World is a "nuts-and-bolts" reference book of 5 star quality.
I highly recommend it to anyone looking to expand their naval warship library.
It has all the elements that a good warship reference ought to have: black and white images of the ships, top-side line drawings of the vessels, and detailed specifications of each class in a quick reference box. The information on each of the major aircraft carrier types is concise, relevant, and to the point. The data given is useful and utilitarian rather than glossy or fluffy.
Carriers of the World is a "nuts-and-bolts" reference book of 5 star quality.
I highly recommend it to anyone looking to expand their naval warship library.
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Fabulous Reference Book
10. Januar 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is a really terrific reference book and contains a wealth of information and knowledge about the world's aircraft carriers.
The fifty-page Preface contains numerous photographs and diagrams to accompany a history of the origin, development, role and evolution of the carrier. After that, the book is organized by country in alphabetical order. The United States, Great Britain and Japan consume the bulk of the pages by virtue of the World War II carriers built and deployed. The photos and layouts continue generously in this section along with construction data for the various classes of carriers built.
The book is fully indexed with a robust bibliography, a very helpful glossary and contains a list of all the aircraft carrier builders throughout the world.
My version was published in the 80s so the newer carriers are not depicted but for anyone who desires to understand the origins and role of this unique class of naval ship, especially how they performed in World War II at the zenith of their influence and power, this book has no equal. It was indispensable in the research for my own historical novel.
John E. Nevola
Author of The Last Jump - A Novel of World War II
Some proceeds donated to assist families of fallen soldiers
The fifty-page Preface contains numerous photographs and diagrams to accompany a history of the origin, development, role and evolution of the carrier. After that, the book is organized by country in alphabetical order. The United States, Great Britain and Japan consume the bulk of the pages by virtue of the World War II carriers built and deployed. The photos and layouts continue generously in this section along with construction data for the various classes of carriers built.
The book is fully indexed with a robust bibliography, a very helpful glossary and contains a list of all the aircraft carrier builders throughout the world.
My version was published in the 80s so the newer carriers are not depicted but for anyone who desires to understand the origins and role of this unique class of naval ship, especially how they performed in World War II at the zenith of their influence and power, this book has no equal. It was indispensable in the research for my own historical novel.
John E. Nevola
Author of The Last Jump - A Novel of World War II
Some proceeds donated to assist families of fallen soldiers
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