"The author of A Carrier at War is an accomplished storyteller with a keen eye for the telling detail and interesting anecdote. He quickly befriended officer and enlisted people alike and had a front row seat for the action as USS Kitty Hawk played its part in the Iraq War. Those who have served at sea will be reminded of ... Read morefeelings long forgotten; those who have not will feel that they were there, as well. The book will interest a wide lay audience and will also give students of civil-military relations some extraordinary insights into life in the Navy."—Capt. John Allen Williams, USNR (Ret.); professor of political science, Loyola University Chicago; chair and president, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society "A Carrier at War provides the unique perspective of a Civil War historian on naval aviation’s role in Operation Iraqi Freedom: twenty-first-century technology and the aviators and sailors who make it work 24/7. The differences between the two eras are obvious, but the similarities are well and engagingly told. Miller’s book is likely to be discussed for years to come."—Barrett Tillman, aviation historian and author of Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II "Unlike most embedded reporters covering the Iraq War, Richard F. Miller went aboard Kitty Hawk armed with a background as a military historian. The resulting book provides an engaging and penetrating look into the soul of a fighting warship
the men and women of her crew
and represents a voyage of discovery for a student of the Civil War seeking to understand the war-fighters of the modern age."—M. Hill Goodspeed, historian, National Museum of Naval Aviation "Well-written . . . As befits an historian who has focused on the common soldier and his world, Miller's account is particularly strong on people, from an admiral or two down to the youngest sailors on their first sea tours."—NYMAS Review "This is a very well-written and engaging book. Highly recommended."—Naval Review "The author has drawn upon his attention to detail and his ability to make others feel at ease with him and produced a captivating personality study of those who live within the cramped and limiting quarters of a 'bird farm'. The book will retrieve some long-lost images for those who have experienced shipboard life in years long past, and bring the true landlubbers a bit closer to its reality."—Armada International Show Less