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Naval battles now waged beyond seas, in the unseen electromagnetic spectrum.

Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Electronic Warfare Aircraft, Operations, and Equipment

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    21 November 2023

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Summary

Naval warfare was confined for centuries to surface combat, or undersea clashes. In the twentieth century aerial warfare became the third domain and shortly thereafter, the electromagnetic spectrum also appeared. Until now, little has been written about this important aspect of military conflict on the high seas. In Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum author Thomas Wildenberg provides the first book covering these aircraft, their missions, and the methodology of conducting comba…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781682478493
ISBN-10:1682478491
Author:Thomas Wildenberg
Publisher:Naval Institute Press
Imprint:Naval Institute Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:21 November 2023
Weight:526g
Dimensions:152mm x 228mm
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Critics Review

As the United States comes out of a two-decade focus on counterterrorism operations, the need to reinvigorate electronic warfare capability across the military services has become paramount. Skills that were well-honed during the Cold War have atrophied to levels that require dedicated focus to rebuild. Wildenberg’s work provides an historical review of how the United States Navy and Marine Corps built their electronic warfare capability in the years following the introduction of the electromagnetic spectrum to air operations. This book should serve as a roadmap for electronic warfare strategists and practitioners who are working to rebuild the capability across the services; it also fills a considerable historiographical gap and should be of interest to all airpower historians.” —Tyler Morton, author, From Kites Cold War: The Evolution of Manned Airborne Reconnaissance

“Thomas Wildenberg’s Fighting in the Electromagnetic Spectrum is a fascinating look at a much overlooked area. While many talk about Electronic Warfare few truly understand its history and its importance. Wildenberg has done away with the mythology and secrecy in what will surely be one of the defining books on the subject. Here is the story of “EW” from its inception to its modern use on the battlefield, told in the way only one of America’s preeminent Naval Historians is capable of doing.” —Dr. Brian D. Laslie, Command Historian United States Air Force Academy

“Wildenberg’s thorough research is a fantastic and much-needed resource on the often-overlooked realm of electronic warfare. Electromagnetic Spectrum Warfare is often an arcane subject, but Wildenberg makes it understandable and puts it in a useful historical context.” —Michael W. Hankins, author, Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia

About The Author

Thomas Wildenberg

Thomas Wildenberg is an award-winning scholar with special interests in aviators, naval aviation, and technological innovation in the military. He is the author of a number of books on a variety of naval topics as well as biographies of Joseph Mason Reeves, Billy Michael, and Charles Stark Draper.

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