The U.S. Navy: The View from the Mid-1980s

ISBN-13: 9780367312275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 385 str.

James L. George

Opis

This book is an outcome of the conference on "The U.S. Navy: the view from the mid-1980s" held in Washington D.C. in 1984. It focuses on the issues facing the US navy and covers the following main topics: the naval air force, the surface force, the submarine force, and the theaters of operation.

Spis treści

Westview Special Studies -- Participants -- Introduction -- The Naval Air Force -- Opening Remarks -- Sea-Based CTOL Aircraft -- The Role of VSTOL Aircraft -- Land-Based Aviation and Maritime Warfare -- Commentaries -- The Surface Force -- Opening Remarks -- The Surface Fleet -- Battleships for the 1980s: Symbol and Substance -- Amphibious, Mine, and Auxiliary Forces -- Warship Design in the Future -- Commentaries -- The Submarine Force -- Opening Remarks -- Strategic Submarines: The Leviathans -- The Attack Submarine -- Commentaries -- Theaters of Operation -- Opening Remarks -- The U.S. Navy in the Western Pacific -- The Indian Ocean -- Mare Mosso:1 The Mediterranean Theater -- The Maritime Role in the North Atlantic -- The Caribbean Theater of Operations -- Commentaries -- Appendices -- Summary of U.S. Naval Forces (as of 1 January 1985) -- Navy Five-Year Ship Construction/Conversion Plan -- Navy Aircraft Program Inventory (as of 1 January 1985) -- Navy Five-Year Aircraft Procurement Plan -- Summary of Soviet Naval Forces

O autorze

James L. George is in charge of special projects in the office of the president, Center for Naval Analyses, Virginia.