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(More customer reviews)After the advent of nuclear weapons the Truman administration began to wonder why the nation still needed a navy. The Air Force during the 40's had the only platforms that could deploy atomic weapons and it appeared ships would be defenseless against these weapons. The Navy, through actual tests, proved ships would survive an atomic blast and the Navy convinced the Defense Department in the event of a war it could strike Soviet submarines bases and airfields before the Soviet's could sortie these platforms. Due to the Navy's emphasis on air strikes the Surface Navy's primary role became carrier defense.
For thirty years the air community held a monopoly on all naval strike assets with the exception of the Polaris Missile. During this period aviators held most of the fleet and battle group commands and were the ones generally selected for the Chief of Naval Operations post. Finally in the 70's, with the nomination of ADM Zumwalt as the CNO, the surface navy overcame its second tier status. ADM Zumwalt spurred the development of the Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles, which gave the surface force a strike capability and he accelerated the Aegis Weapon system program. ADM Zumwault also created the Surface Warfare Type Commander and the Surface Warfare Officer Pin. After reading this book you will learn how today's Surface Navy was created.

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