On Wave and Wing
The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier

Name: On Wave and Wing
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Barrett Tillman
ISBN: 9781470815462

Author: Barrett Tillman

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 02/27/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Military History

Synopsis

What defended the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft carriers.For seventy years, these ships remained a little-understood cornerstone of American power. In his latest book, On Wave and Wing, Barrett Tillman sheds light on the history of these floating leviathans and offers a nuanced analysis of the largest man-made vessel in the history of the world.

About Barrett Tillman

Barrett Tillman is a widely recognized expert on air warfare in World War II and the author of more than forty nonfiction and fiction books on military topics, including Whirlwind. His work has been cited in dozens of history books and has been used as course work by the US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. The former managing editor of The Hook, he is frequently seen in television documentaries in the United States and Europe. He has received numerous awards for history and literature, including the Admiral Arthur Radford Award.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

This book provides an overview of the history of the aircraft carrier. The first plane to launch from a ship was in 1910. The first carrier was launched one hundred years ago in 1917. Tillman proceeds to tell us about the changes to the carrier that have occurred over the past one hundred years. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Pete

Based on the description I was expecting a book with a lot of details on the technical, operational and engineering challenges of aircraft carriers. Instead it was basically an overview of carrier battles during WWII, with few if any insights. If you were looking for the same check out Shattered Swo......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Fine summary of 100 years of worldwide naval aviation. Nothing more, nothing less. Some quotable stuff though from the highly knowledgeable Barrett Tillman.......more

Goodreads review by Tanner

How many young reader books have you read? When I was a teen, my younger sister was obsessed with the Magic a Tree House series. Each title was alliterated in a cute way and the books were simple, entertaining, and way below my level of reading. I read them anyway, though, because they were quick an......more

Quotes

“Prepare to take in all lines and get underway with the best maritime-aviation storyteller of them all.” Captain Todd Zecchin, USN (Ret.)

“A superlative account of the development of aircraft carriers of all nations and the people who man them.” Captain Rosario Rausa, USN (Ret), editor, Wings of Gold

“A comprehensive, finely-crafted account of aircraft carrier and naval aviation evolution.” Stanley D. M. Carpenter, professor of strategy and policy, US Naval War College