{"product_id":"u-s-navy-attack-aircraft-1920-2020-9781682474174","title":"U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft 1920-2020","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eU.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920-2020\u003c\/i\u003e is uniquely told from the point of view of the Navy, as understood through its previously-classified documents. Spanning a century from the earliest airplanes conceived to operate from U.S. carriers in 1920, to the current F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Both the requirements and the available technology kept changing.  In many cases the Navy drove the technology.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman Friedman is the first to take the requirements and the available technology into account to explain the choices the Navy made. The airplanes the Navy bought were always designers' attempts to meet specific demands set by the kind of warfare the Navy expected. The reader sees Navy successes and failures in guessing at the future. This is a unique way to understand the panoply of airplanes the Navy has relied on through the years, and why some succeeded but others failed.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fantastic companion for any aviation enthusiast interested in the history of USN strike aircraft from the inter-war to modern times.” —Christoph Bergs, \u003ci\u003eMilitary Aviation History\u003c\/i\u003e YouTube channel","brand":"Naval Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469789106519,"sku":"9781682474174","price":93.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781682474174.jpg?v=1744896357","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/u-s-navy-attack-aircraft-1920-2020-9781682474174","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}