Destined for Glory

Destined for Glory Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower

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Publisher's Synopsis

Explores the development of the tactics of carrier airpower from 1925 and argues that years of vision, experimentation, and practice by U.S. naval personnel resulted in the innovative and successful practice of dive bombing--which was the pivotal tactic allowing the U.S. to turn the tide of the war in the Pacific against its World War II enemy, Jap

Book information

ISBN: 9781557509475
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Imprint: Naval Institute Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 359.940973
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 258
Weight: 544g
Height: 241mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 24mm