Grand delusions: the psychology of aircraft carriers. (Global Notebook).(Brief Article)

From: Harvard International Review | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Like the most recent crisis in the Taiwan Straits and the Gulf War in 1991, the bombing assault carried out by the United States against Taliban forces in October 2001 is likely to spark agitation among the elite nations of the developing world--agitation for the expansion or creation of aircraft carrier programs that will secure a place for these nations on the global strategic map.

Surpassed in importance only by nuclear and biochemical weapons, the aircraft carrier has ruled as queen of the seas and juggernaut of conventional weaponry since it dethroned the battleship on ...

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