TWO-BLOCK FOX.
The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier, 1911-1929. Foreword by T. H. Moorer, Admiral, U.S. Navy. Pp. [x]+182(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; upper pastedown slightly creased; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1974. First edition. *'By 1922 the U.S. strategic position in the Pacific had eroded to the point where it could not be corrected by conventional measures.... this state of affairs was recognized by a small, but far-sighted and influential group of naval officers who saw no remedy short of a revolutionary advance in weaponry and tactical concepts. Their solution was the aircraft carrier' [wrapper blurb]. Item #106836
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