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Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers : how the bomb saved naval aviation

Title: Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers : how the bomb saved naval aviation / Jerry Miller.
Author: Miller, Jerry, 1919-2014.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2001.

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Description

xiii, 296 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The U.S. Navy entered World War II with seven aircraft carriers and finished the war with nearly one hundred. However, with the advent of the atomic bomb in 1945 and its impact on strategic thinking, the future of naval aviation looked bleak. Rapid demobilization after the war eliminated many carriers, and most policy makers believed that future wars would be fought with nuclear weapons delivered by land-based aircraft, a method patented by the new U.S. Air Force. During the so-called "Revolt of the Admirals," respected naval leaders lobbied for the Navy's role in the new era. Arthur Radford and Arleigh Burke, who eventually became the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the chief of naval operations respectively, as well as Chief of Naval Operations Louis E. Denfeld risked their careers to speak out in support of enabling aircraft carriers to transport, target, and deliver nuclear weapons. In Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers, Jerry Miller traces this struggle, which also involved serious conflicts with the Air Force and ultimately led to innovations in the design and engineering of carriers and aircraft"--Jacket.

Series Statement

Smithsonian history of aviation and spaceflight series

Alternative Title

How the bomb saved naval aviation

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-287) and index.

Contents

The Beginning -- Policy and Strategy -- Weapons -- Heavy Attack -- Light Attack -- Delivery Tactics -- Ships -- Testing the Capability -- Targeting -- The Past, the Present, and the Future -- Reflections.

ISBN

1560989440
9781560989448

LCCN

00061886

OCLC

ocm44777253
44777253
SCSB-1215844

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library