Norman Polmar se zaměřuje na námořní, letecké a vědeckotechnické otázky. Jeho díla analyzují klíčové aspekty těchto oblastí a nabízejí hluboký vhled do jejich vývoje a dopadu. Prostřednictvím své odbornosti poskytuje čtenářům poutavý pohled na složité technologie a jejich strategické využití.
In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines. At times, as in the early days of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in the Falklands conflict, carriers alone could deploy high- performance aircraft to the battlefield.
Here is the authoritative and comprehensive reference work on the last world war, from an American perspective. Published in hardcover in the midst of the 50th anniversary of various aspects of World War II, this ambitious work includes over 2,000 entries on military actions and battles, weapons, people, politics, culture, and everyday life, enlivened by quotes from the leaders of the day. The result is a complete military and social history of the time.
"Spyplanes is an illustrated history of manned spyplanes, with profiles, pictures, and technical specifications for each plane."--Provided by publisher.
Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Working outwards from Hopkins's most intimate creations, author Norman White examines the poet's complicated and troubled personality.
"When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. On the morning of April 10, 1963, on a test dive off the New England coast, the Thresher sent a message to a support ship above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem ... have positive angle ... attempting to blow. Then came the sounds of air under pressure ... and the sounds of a submarine breaking up. Polmer recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men on board, in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine." --
The three years Gerard Manley Hopkins spent at the Jesuit college at St. Beuno's in the Vale of Clwyd were the most important of his authorial life. Here he encountered the Welsh language and its poetry which were to be such a distinctive influence on his work. This book explores the St Beuno's experience for Hopkins: how he was affected by the contemplative life there, by the landscape, by the Welsh language. This volume is the first full-length study of Hopkins's rich period in Wales. [abbreviated from publisher's details].
Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. "Azorian"--Incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press-- was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological ac.