Questioning the Carrier : Opportunities in Fleet Design for the U.S. Navy / Jeff Vandenengel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandenengel, Jeff, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft carriers--United States--History.

Aircraft carriers.

Sea-power--United States--History--21st century.

Sea-power.

Navies--Forecasting.

Navies.

United States--History, Naval--20th century.

United States.

United States--History, Naval--21st century.

United States. Navy--Operational readiness.

United States. Navy--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The age of the aircraft carrier is ending not because of the ship's flaws but because of its opportunity costs: a restructured fleet better able to accomplish the U.S. Navy's missions. Questioning the Carrier examines the ship's past, present, and future to show the U.S. Navy now has better ways to fight at sea"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Opportunities

1. Opportunities in fleet design

2. The fleet

3. The flex fleet vs. the carrier-centric fleet

Part II. Risks and opportunity costs

4. Lessons from air and surface warfare history

5. Air and surface warfare today

6. Lessons from undersea warfare history

7. Undersea warfare today

Part III. Seizing opportunities

8. 100,000 tons of inertia

9. The Senkakus War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Vandenengel, Jeff Questioning the Carrier

ISBN:

1-55750-257-9

OCLC:

1402028775