Designed to locate and sink German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) became the most successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) carrier of World War II. This book covers the construction and commissioning of the Bogue, as well as the deployment of Naval Aviation composite squadrons that launched missions from the flight deck. Day-to-day operations are chronicled in comprehensive detail, along with developments in ASW tactics and the breaking of Germany's Enigma Naval Code, which enabled U.S. Navy forces in the Atlantic to take the offensive.

Eastern Air Lines began in 1926 and last flew on January 18, 1991. Aviation pioneer Harold Pitcairn was the founder. He built airplanes and began the first carrier air mail route from New York to Atlanta under his company, Pitcairn Aviation. In 1929, Pitcairn was sold to Clement Keys of National Air Transport for $2.5 million. Keys changed the name to Eastern Air Transport and began passenger service the next year on daily round-trips between New York and Richmond. The airline grew, was purchased by General Motors and the name changed to Eastern Air Lines in 1934. In 1938, World War I flying ace Edward V. Rickenbacker purchased the airline, led it to become by the 1950s the most profitable airline in the United States, and took it into the jet age in the 1960s. Former astronaut Frank Borman became president of Eastern in 1975 and tried to manage the airline through the era of airline deregulation, labor union conflict, and heavy debt, ending with the sale of Eastern to Frank Lorenzo and Texas Air in 1986. The airline entered bankruptcy in March 1989, and ended service in less than two years.

Many of America's first European settlers felt they were travelling to a sort of promised land, but James Oglethorpe viewed America--specifically, what is today the state of Georgia--as his own personal utopia. Convincing his king to grant him a land parcel, Oglethorpe threw his lot in with 35 poor families and travelled to the New World. There, he became the first administrator of the Georgian colony and founded the town of Savannah. This work tells the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. Appendices include the roster of initial settlers, the Georgia constitution of 1777 and a detailed timeline.

This book explores the life and career of David McCampbell, the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in WWII. An unequalled naval aviator, McCampbell shot down a total of 34 Japanese aircraft across numerous battles. Eventually awarded the Medal of Honor, he first served in the Atlantic as a carrier Landing Safety Officer, then as an air group leader in the Pacific theater. The author details McCampbell's 31-year career, revealing an incredible diversity of leadership roles and service assignments. McCampbell commanded ships, training centers, aircraft squadrons and held a variety of Navy and Defense Department senior staff positions.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from the Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, took the fight to the Japanese, using island raids to slow their advance in the Pacific. Beginning in February 1942, a series of task force raids led by the carriers USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington and USS Hornet were launched, beginning in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. An attempted raid on Rabaul was followed by successful attacks on Wake Island and Marcus Island. The Lae-Salamaua Raid countered Japanese invasions on New Guinea. The most dramatic was the unorthodox Tokyo (Doolittle) Raid, where 16 carrier-launched B-25 medium bombers demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was open to U.S. air attacks. The raids had a limited effect on halting the Japanese advance but kept the enemy away from Hawaii, the U.S. West coast and the Panama Canal, and kept open lines of communications to Australia.

While boring a bullet train tunnel in the mountains of Switzerland, men discover a strange dark green rock-like material that cannot be penetrated. The project engineer turns to a Geneva University professor and his lovely assistant to research what to do. Struggling, the professor calls for help from an American university professor and advanced laser expert, and the father of a courageous Navy Seal. In the peaceful coastal resort of Marbella, Spain, an Arab shipping magnate relaxes with his newly militant son on his luxury yacht. The lives of these two men from vastly different circumstances are forever changed when their sons both die in the same nuclear event in Iraq. Each of these mourning fathers takes altered paths towards their new destiny. One will seek peace, while the other will use his wealth and resources to seek revenge through nuclear destruction. The strange dark green rock is ultimately discovered to have incredible physical properties. Once the power of The Element is revealed, Russian agents frantically race through Europe seeking to grab it for their own designs. This European-centered thriller engages the intelligence and military services of the US, UK, Italy and Spain as they struggle to find the nuclear weapons from Iran. This is a story of good and evil as the world is confronted with the terror of nuclear weapons and evil terrorists, as men of peace strive to save mankind from their horrific designs.

An English Duke, and father of a decorated young commando, meets in France with his ancient Catholic Fitche Sect bent on establishing a new 9th Crusade to destroy Islamic Extremists. After his son is killed in Iraq, the Duke engages his friend to acquire a nuclear weapon. Concerned over the potential that his childhood friend, the Prime Minister, would be kicked out of office, the Duke sets up the opposition candidate for election as a party to several terrorists' bombings in London. Scotland Yard and MI-5 conduct an investigation of the bombings, as MI-6 tracks the nuclear weapon. Set in Europe, this work is for those who love a fast-paced intelligence thriller.