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History of War - John Rickard

Another IoW series addition with the now expected
outstanding and rare images. This is the comprehensive view of US naval aviation from its start to 2014, much recommended.

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Firetrench

Aircraft Carriers of the Unites States Navy and United States Naval Aviation 1911-2014, go hand in glove and might have made one big book, but we can have no complaints if they are treated as a pair or not. Both are designed to work well individually and it shows.

Regulars will know by now what a sucker I am for archive naval imagery. There is plenty on offer here with a good look at US aircraft carrier development from the period of experimentation through to the classic era of World War II. The book continues into the jet age where the ships of the propeller era were adapted to operate jets before dedicated vessels came on strength.

This all leads to our modern age of utterly vast ships costing billions of dollars. To accompany this the author takes us through a century of US naval aviation and this is why the two books work so well together. There was and is so much more to US naval aviation than operations from carriers alone and the author takes this in to account.

The general histories and captions and the choice of images has been made with great care. I would definitely like to see the two form the basis of an expanded and larger format book, but I fully appreciate them as they are and have no hesitation in recommending the pair.

War History Online - Mark Barnes

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Mercator Chapter Belgium

Each chapter begins with a few pages of background followed by a fine selection of appropriate period photos. All of the pictures are nice and clear, so show plenty of detail, and every one has an informative caption... A good photo collection accompanied by informative and well written text to support them and tie everything together.

Military Modelling