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This book mainly introduces the origin and early development history of aircraft carriers, as well as the game between the United States, Britain, Japan and other maritime powers in the process of building aircraft carriers, and the magnificent aircraft carrier naval battles in World War II. It tells the story of the ups and downs that the aircraft carrier, as the most powerful weapon in naval warfare, experienced in the war, and how it cooperates closely with bombers, torpedo submarines and other military weapons in modern sea and air battles to operate efficiently. An informative and specific answer to why aircraft carriers are said to be mobile fortresses on the sea. The book was first published by Chang'an Publishing House in China in March 2012, and was released simultaneously with the TV documentary "A Century of Aircraft Carriers".

This book comprehensively interprets the completely different development processes of aircraft carriers in six countries, including the United States, Russia (Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, France, India, and Japan, since the end of World War II. Why did the United States vigorously develop nuclear-powered super aircraft carriers, and why many Soviet aircraft carriers were sold and scrapped one after another; how did the United Kingdom rely on aircraft carriers to start the sea and air war in the Falklands War, and how did France implement a pragmatic and independent policy in developing aircraft carriers; for what reasons did India insist on purchasing second-hand aircraft carriers, and Japan's maritime freedom What kind of aircraft carrier dream is the Guard brewing... By analyzing the above issues, this book introduces the great achievements and major setbacks experienced by various countries in the process of developing aircraft carriers, reveals the proposition why major powers cannot do without aircraft carriers if they want to become world powers, and reveals the historical law that aircraft carriers determine the rise and fall of major powers.