About this title: Did the U.S. Navy avoid Congress's explicit direction to "navalize" the winning design in a flyoff competition - by lying to Congress with the argument that the winner was not carrier capable - and then develop the losing aircraft into an even worse fighter for its carrier squadrons? To find the answer James Stevenson, an experienced aviation writer, dug through government files and interviewed key players to present this hard-hitting, behind-the-scenes account of the development of one of the Navy's current front-line aircraft. His investigation exposes the politics of Pentagon weapons ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: Hardcover; ex-library; Very Good / Very Good DustJacket in mylar plastic cover; 445 pages. ISBN 1557507759; Usual exlib markings, otherwise clean tight unmarked copy. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 1-55750-775-9 Ex-Library 8vo, hard cover, illustrations, graphs/charts, ammendments to original text, some highlighting mostly on margins-doesn't affect text for most part text is clean, some minor wear to dj, ex-library, stamps on top edge, end pages & title page, 445pp. w/index. read more
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: hb
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
Date Published: 1993
Description: B&w photos and illustrations. Near fine in sl rubbed, vg+ dj. 8vo, pp. xiv, 445. "A highly readable study that takes the reader into the Pentagon's corridors of power..." read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press, Bx372
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1557507759. Hardcover. 8vo. US Naval Institute Press. 1993. 445 pgs. DJ in excellent shape, unclipped and with no tears present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. Bx372; 1.46 x 9.28 x 6.24 Inches; 445 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: Yes jacket. 8vo. Fine/DJ Fine. viv-445 pp, b/w figures and photos. "...takes the reader into the Pentagon's corridors of power, where test results are distorted, history rewritten, and requirements changed to match aircraft performance..." Book and DJ condition quite fine. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
Description: B/W Photos, Tables & Figures. VG+/VG. W/Dust Jacket 445pp(Index) DJ covers lightly rubbed, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, DJ tears etc. ISBN 1557597759. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: B/W Photos, Tables & Figures. NEW/NEW! ! NEW! ! W/Dust Jacket 445pp(Index) It's NEW! ! NO ink names, DJ tears etc. This is a NEW book. ISBN 1 55750 775 9. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: B/W Photos, Tables & Figures. NEW/NEW! ! NEW! ! W/Dust Jacket 445pp(Index) It's NEW! ! NO ink names, DJ tears etc. This is a NEW book. ISBN 1 55750 775 9. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: B/W Photos, Tables & Figures. NEW/NEW! ! NEW! ! W/Dust Jacket 445pp(Index) It's NEW! ! NO ink names, DJ tears etc. This is a NEW book. ISBN 1 55750 775 9. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781557507754ISBN:1557507759
Description: B/W Photos, Tables & Figures. NEW/NEW! ! NEW! ! W/Dust Jacket 445pp(Index) It's NEW! ! NO ink names, DJ tears etc. This is a NEW book. ISBN 1 55750 775 9. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1993
Description: Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NF/NF. From the dust jacket: "Tells how the F-18 evolved from the Lightweight Fighter controversy, Exposes a flawed military pro curement system, Examines in detail the impact of the notorious "Fighter Mafia", Includes an up-to-date record of the Hornet's performance in the Gulf War, Evaluates promised performance of the new F-18E/F designs. " read more
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