Aircraft Carriers at War; A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Confrontation
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2007. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 479, [3] pages. Foreword by President George H. W. Bush. Illustrations. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Index. Nice inscription signed by author on fep. DJ has slight edge wear. Admiral Holloway graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served on destroyers during WWII. He became a naval aviator after the war and flew combat missions in Korea. He then undertook nuclear reactor training under Admiral Rickover and because the captain of the first U.S. nuclear carrier, the Enterprise and served two combat deployments in Vietnamese waters during the war. He became Chief of Naval Operations and served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After retiring in 1978 he continued public service as served as a special envoy to the Middle East and directed a Presidential Task Force on combating terrorism. More