Download or read book Aircraft Carriers of the World written by Roger Chesneau and published by Caxton Editions. This book was released on 1992 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aircraft Carriers of the World is the first comprehensive reference work to detail in one volume the 360 plus carriers designed or projected by the world's navies. This has detailed narratives tracing the origin and evolution of the aircraft carrier as a viable fighting unit. Containing over 400 hundred photographs and line drawings, this book provides the reader with all the essential information he may wish to seek concerning what has become the largest and most complex fighting machine devised by man.