The British carrier strike fleet after 1945 / David Hobbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobbs, David, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft carriers--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Aircraft carriers.

Airplanes, Military--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Airplanes, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (641 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.

Summary:

As a follow-up to the highly regarded British Pacific Fleet, David Hobbs looks at the post-World War II fortunes of the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy—its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of ignorant politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Despite prophecies that nuclear weapons would make conventional forces obsolete, British carrier-borne aircraft were almost continuously employed. The Royal Navy faced new challenges in places like Korea, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf. During these trials the Royal Navy invented techniques and devices crucial to modern carrier operations, pioneering novel forms of warfare tactics for countering insurgency and terrorism. This book combines narratives of poorly understood operations with clear analysis of their strategic and political background. With beautiful illustrations and original research, British Carrier Strike Fleet tells an important but largely untold story of renewed significance as Britain once again embraces carrier operation.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Glossary

1. Manpower, Fleets and Changes

2. The Korean War

3. Assistance for Commonwealth Navies

4. Invention, Innovation, New Aircraft and Rebuilt Ships

5. 'Cold War', NATO and the Middle East

6. A Royal Occasion and the Radical Review

7. The Suez Crisis

8. New Equipment and Another Defence Review

9. Helicopters and Helicopter Carriers

10. A Range of Carrier Operations

11. The Evolution of Strike Warfare

12. Brunei and the Indonesian Confrontation

13. The British Nuclear Deterrent and the End of the Admiralty Era

14. The Cancellation of CVA-01

15. Rundown of the Carrier Force

16. Capability, the Beira Patrol, Aden and Belize

17. Small Carriers and Vertical Landing

18. The South Atlantic War

19. A Decade of Operations

20. New Defence Reviews, Carriers and Aircraft

21. Reflections

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61251-999-7

OCLC:

945566848