Ship That Held the Line: The U.S.S. H..., Lisle A. Rose

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
ISBN
1557500088
EAN
9781557500083
Publication Name
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Type
Paperback
Release Title
Ship That Held the Line: The U.S.S. Hornet and the First Year ...
Artist
Lisle A. Rose
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Naval Institute Press
ISBN-10
1557500088
ISBN-13
9781557500083
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2196995

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ship That Held the Line : the U. S. S. Hornet and the First Year of the Pacific War
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Military / World War II, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Author
Estate of Lisle A. Rose
Book Series
Bluejacket Bks.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-057975
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
940.54/5973
Synopsis
The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort. The Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet's deck, transformed the aircraft carrier into one of the world's prime strategic weapon systems. Through the experiences of this key warship and the eyes of her crew and the aviators who flew from her deck, Lisle Rose recreates the first desperate year of the war in the Pacific., The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort. The Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet's deck, inaugurated America's Pacific counteroffensive and transformed the aircraft carrier into one of the world's prime strategic weapon systems. She was one of three carriers to participate in the victory at Midway and the fighting around Guadalcanal. Through the experiences of this key warship and the eyes of her crew and the aviators who flew from her deck, Lisle Rose recreates the first desperate year of the war in the Pacific. He tells how the Hornet was molded into a deadly weapon of war, how the ship was fought and ultimately lost, and what it was like to live aboard her at a time when the fate of the United States depended on the Navy's tiny carrier fleet. In chronicling the carrier's operational history, the author contends that the fate of the Hornet's air group at Midway remains one of the great controversies in modern naval history and that the ship's importance in helping to keep the Japanese juggernaut at bay during the most critical period of the Pacific war is incontestable. His arguments ring true today as the controversy continues. Rose succeeds both in letting the reader see things the way the men of the Hornet did and in placing their experiences in a broad historical context., The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort. The Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet 's deck, inaugurated America's Pacific counteroffensive and transformed the aircraft carrier into one of the world's prime strategic weapon systems. She was one of three carriers to participate in the victory at Midway and the fighting around Guadalcanal. Through the experiences of this key warship and the eyes of her crew and the aviators who flew from her deck, Lisle Rose recreates the first desperate year of the war in the Pacific. He tells how the Hornet was molded into a deadly weapon of war, how the ship was fought and ultimately lost, and what it was like to live aboard her at a time when the fate of the United States depended on the Navy's tiny carrier fleet. In chronicling the carrier's operational history, the author contends that the fate of the Hornet 's air group at Midway remains one of the great controversies in modern naval history and that the ship's importance in helping to keep the Japanese juggernaut at bay during the most critical period of the Pacific war is incontestable. His arguments ring true today as the controversy continues. Rose succeeds both in letting the reader see things the way the men of the Hornet did and in placing their experiences in a broad historical context.
LC Classification Number
D774.H6R67 2002

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