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Traces the history of aircraft carriers since 1914, chronicling the role played by these ships in World War II and in modern defense systems.

Photographs and text examine the military technologies available for naval warfare, describing the duties and capabilities of aircraft carriers, submarines, warships, and coast guards.

A unique collective biography of the four men who "with a combination of nimble counsel, exasperating ego, studied patience, and street-fighter tactics" shaped the modern U.S. Navy to win WWII at sea.

"Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close...