Aircraft Carriers: A Graphic History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events

788 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Wings Over the Sea; Between the Wars; World War II Begins; War in the Pacific; Japanese Triumph in the Pacific; Offensive Defensive; Midway; The Solomons; The European War; Across the Broad Pacific; The Biggest Carrier Battle; The End of the Japanese Fleet; The Road to Japan; Carriers to Japan; The "Peaceful" Years; The Wrong War...; French and British Carriers at War; The Super Carriers; Carrier Proliferation; Cold and Hot Wars; Appendix A. War Without Carriers; Appendix B. Aircraft Carrier Dimensions and Particulars; Appendix C. U.S. Aircraft Carrier Designations; Appendix D.; Aircraft Flown to Malta--1940-1942; Appendix E. Convoys to Malta--1940-1942; Appendix F. Aircraft Carrier Losses in World War II; Appendix G. Carrier-Based Aircraft Designations; Appendix H. Carrier-Based Aircraft Markings; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; Author-Collaborator Biographies.