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Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier (Tom Clancy's Military Reference) Paperback – February 1, 1999

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They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a region is an automatic display of strength that sends a message no potential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard for a detailed look at how these floating behemoths function. With his trademark style and eye for detail, Clancy brings you naval combat strategy like no one else can.Carrier includes:

* Takeoffs and landings: flying into the danger zone
* The aircraft onboard: their range, their power, their weaponry
* The role of the carrier in modern naval warfare
* Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams
Plus: An interview with the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay Johnson

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About the Author

A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it “the perfect yarn.” From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.

Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Berkley trade paperback ed edition (February 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425166821
ISBN-13: 978-0425166826
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 52 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #652,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1422 in Books > History > Military > Aviation
- #1496 in Books > History > Military > Naval
- #7062 in Books > History > Military > United States

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All you want to know

ByWilliam C. Padgetton September 12, 2017

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Everything you want to
Know about the carrier plus some strategy about its use in deployment

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Take notes.

ByMr. D. L. Drongon April 15, 2011

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Wanted a mass market edition and got a trade book instead.
That's okay, but with a trade book I expected illustrations, especially photographs, to be larger so a person could get a fuller image. The glossary is seriously lame. Easily half the aircraft, naval and armament terms in the text which the average reader is unfamiliar with do not appear in the glossary. This required a manual word-search through the text to remind oneself of a technical meaning when one touched upon the subject again later in the book.
On the upside, one acquired a good idea of the construction, workings, personnel, methods, complexity, scale and international political clout of an aircraft carrier including a story line of an exercise at sea with its operational effects far inland.
In short, a hard to use book, but a good read.

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One word: detailed. I needed information about the ...

ByJeffrey Seayon November 22, 2015

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One word: detailed. I needed information about the Nimitz class I couldn't find online. A ten minute scan starting with the table of contents and I was set. Clansy is king when it comes to this kind of material. It gave me the necessary knowledge and terminology necessary to ask the right questions of those individuals who rode carriers for a living.

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very technical, very thorough and detailed, but mainly ...

Byjose de castroon October 7, 2015

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very technical,very thorough and detailed, but mainly for the expert reader. .

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Real instight into operation of a modern aircraft carrier and its battle group

Bycarpet guyon May 4, 2015

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Although it was written 20 years ago, it is still very pertinent today. I have personal knowledge about the Naval Aviation sections and they are spot on!

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One Of Mr. Clancy's Finest Works

ByBernard P. Finn Jr.on April 13, 2014

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I loved Mr. Clancy’s “Carrier”. I was not at all what I had expected. Instead of a fictional work (until the end), this extremely factual account of current day naval aircraft carrier operations was one of the best books that I have ever read. I am looking forward to reading “Fighter Wing”.

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Four Stars

Byghostwriteron November 18, 2016

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Good book.

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Show of force

ByScott K. Richardsonon February 22, 2015

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Great book, but common knowledge ... Would have been nice to have color photos instead of newspaper quality

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