{"product_id":"the-fast-carriers-the-forging-of-an-air-navy","title":"The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on official records  personal interviews  private diaries  and an impressive array of published works  this classic study offers a complete record of the heated debates that took place over the concept of the fast carrier and the U.S. Navys metamorphosis from a battleship-oriented to a carrier-centered fleet during World War II. The battle of the air admirals  such as Mitscher  Towers  Radford  and the Shermans  to gain control of the fleet from the battleship admirals  in the midst of war  is nowhere told more fully or with such an insiders grasp of personalities involved with the changing naval strategy. Clark G. Reynoldss thorough analysis of fast carrier operations takes the reader from the war rooms in Washington to the flight decks in the Pacific with ease and excitement. It is his willingness to pass critical judgment on personalities and events  and his ability to communicate clearly the bureaucratic squabbles and the fight against the foreign enemy  that puts this book far above any other work in its field. Now  twenty-four years after its first publication  The Fast Carriers remains essential reading for naval professionals and historians - evidence of its strong scholarship and enduring value in the face of a naval strategy again in flux. Illustrated with more than 90 photographs and completed with a dramatis personae  extensive appendixes  chapter notes  and bibliographic essay  this reprint introduces a new generation of readers to a frank and thoughtful study of the genesis of the carrier fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952248451125,"sku":"ByrdShop_1557507015","price":46.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781557507013.jpg?v=1770155962","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-fast-carriers-the-forging-of-an-air-navy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}