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This book offers a definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. This two-volume work describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations and explains their impact. In Volume 1, Norman Polmar shows carriers in action, from World War One, to the end of World War Two. The aircraft, the commanders and pilots (British, German, American and Japanese) are described and illustrated in over 200 photographs. Volume 2, which will cover 1945 to 2005 will be published in Autumn 2006. It is revised and updated edition of a standard work, previously published by Doubleday in 1969.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Aircraft Carriers - Volume 1
• Subtitle: A History of Carrier Aviation and its Influence on World Events, Volume I: 1909-1945
• Author: Norman Polmar
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 576
• EAN: 9781574886634
• ISBN: 1574886630
• ID: 05152678
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Weight: 2104 g
• Dimensions: 291 × 225 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. September 2006

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