Russian/Soviet Aircraft Carrier & Carrier-borne Aviation Design & Evolution, Volume 2: Aircraft Carrying Heavy Cruisers ? Project 1143.5/6 Kuznetsov ... Project 1143.7 Ul?yanovsk & Project 2300E

Las redacciones de los libros que escribe Hugh Harkins no pasan de lo relevante; su lectura no invita a continuar y continuar, al contrario que con Yefim Gordon o Michael Napier. Sin embargo, ante la falta de textos sobre ciertos vehículos o naves militares, Hugh Harkins cubre un vacío que es de agradecer, incluyendo en sus libros datos suficientes y necesarios para comprender sobre lo que estamos leyendo. Añadir también que se esfuerza bastante en incluir fotografías poco conocidas. En fín, recomendable, pero algo caro.

Another title (Vol. 2) of the two booklet series. Over-all, it is a bit better written and organized, but not by a lot.Key points:* * The text is much improved over Vol. One, beginning with a better written introduction, that covers some aspects of Russian ship design bureau initiatives, but FAILS to discuss Why (?) those Soviet-era design bureaux's received the orders - what in then-Soviet doctrine moved the Soviets to order these aircraft carrier designs.* * Reproduction of ship and aircraft images and graphics is better than previous volume.* * Like Vol. One, it fails to bring anything new to the discussion of Soviet aircraft ship building design, etc.* * Doctrine, political decision-making, etc that brought these ships to life, is - at best - minimal.* * Again, NO Sources. One is left with the impression that most of this has been copied from prior magazine articles, etc.The books chapters include: Overview of Soviet Post-War Aircraft Carrier Design and Evolution; CTOL Aircraft Carriers - Project 1143.5 Kuznetsov & Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers Project 1153, 1160 & 1143.7 Ulyanovsk; A New Century 0 INS Vikramaditya & Project 2300E; Shipborne Aviation - Rotary Wing Aircraft; Shipborne Fixed Wing CTOL Aviation - Su-33, Su-29K/KR/KUB/KUBR & Su-25UTG. Battlegroup South - Kuznetsov Group Deployment off Syria.There is also a Appendices and Glossary.Some may find the short discussion of modern generation Soviet/Russian aircraft carriers useful. The data tables for ships and aircraft are more complete than in Vol. One - but again, the total lack of text Sources leaves one to wonder about their accuracy - and no ability to verify or compare with other data.IF this reviewer had to choose between the two volumes, Vol. 2 is the far better and only one worth buying.