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on April 15, 2011
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.
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.
on November 22, 2015
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.
on October 7, 2015
very technical,very thorough and detailed, but mainly for the expert reader. .
on May 4, 2015
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!
on April 13, 2014
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”.
on February 22, 2015
Great book, but common knowledge ... Would have been nice to have color photos instead of newspaper quality
on March 10, 2016
Kind of a tough slog
on May 2, 2012
Carrier is a fun book for Carrier fans. Tom Clancy goes into very much detail about operations of a carrier in the late 90's. He also explains some of the future of carrier operations. Book seems to get a little long at times, but most Clancy books will do that.
