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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "How the bomb saved naval aviation".
- catalog contributor b12091170.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 296 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers.".
- catalog identifier "1560989440 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "359.9/4/097309045 21".
- catalog subject "Aircraft carriers United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear weapons United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "United States. Navy Aviation History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "VG93 .M55 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "How the bomb saved naval aviation".
- catalog title "Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers : how the bomb saved naval aviation / Jerry Miller.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".