Admiral Clark not only reviews the history of aricraft carrier as a weapon but he also writes from his own personal experience of its use in the Atlantic and Pacific in World War II -- dust jacket.

Aviation at sea -- The Moffett years -- Airplanes for war -- Clearing the action, 1940-42 -- 150 airplane carriers -- Commissioning the new Yorktown, CV-10 -- Marcus to the Marshalls -- Flag rank -- The "Jocko Jimas" -- The Philippines and Tokyo -- Fighting winds-kamikaze and typhoon -- Demobilization and unification -- The Korean Conflict.