Magnificent Mitscher

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-59114-850-0
Verlag: Naval Institute Press

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Air Admiral Marc Mitscher, who led the U.S. attack across the Pacific, is a legend in military circles for developing an entirely new concept of war at sea. His skills as a carrier tactician and genius for leading men rank him with the best World War II combat commanders, yet because he shunned publicity and destroyed his private papers shortly before his death in 1947, his accomplishments are not widely known. Mitscher's sound decisions and successful tactics helped create the greatest striking weapon in history - the carrier force that could put up a thousand planes in half an hour, the task force that sank a thousand ships and destroyed the Japanese air force, the fleet that opened a direct route to Japan. <br><br>Written by a former naval officer and well-known journalist, this book tells the full story of this pioneer of naval aviation and his innovations. Theodore Taylor traces the aviator's brilliant career from its beginnings in 1916, when Mitscher became one of the Navy first pilots.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Theodore

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Theodore Taylor</strong>, a merchant mariner during most of World War II, had become a naval officer by war's end, serving in the Pacific. He is the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction.