"This study, with detailed drawings and photographs, explains and illustrates the developing the aircraft, airships, and ships of the interwar period. The critical factors that shaped Naval Aviation after World War I--naval treaties, fleet tactics, government programs, leadership and organization, as well as the emergence of Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation--are discussed in detail"--Provided by publisher.

Preface -- Introduction : influences that shaped Naval Aviation, 1919-1941 -- Part I : Heavier-That-Air Development ; Part II : Lighter-Than-Air Development ; Part III : Aviation-Related Ship Development ; Appendix 1 : Foreign aircraft and airships -- Appendix 2 : Racing and experimental aircraft -- Appendix 3 : Naval aircraft, airship, ship, and aviation unit designations, nomenclature, and abbreviations -- Appendix 4 : Status of naval aviation, December 1941 -- Glossary of Naval and aeronautical terms -- Biliography -- Index.