Questioning the Carrier

"Questioning the Carrier skillfully uses naval history and current events to conduct a holistic review of the aircraft carrier's ability to lead the U.S. Navy against our nation's adversaries. This is a superb contribution to the debate over the Navy's force structure, especially valuable because it comes from a serving naval officer." âAdm. James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and author of The Sailor's Bookshelf and The Leader's Bookshelf

"Just as citizens should always look beyond the echo chambers coinciding with their beliefs, service planners should do so as well when examining alternative concepts and the force structures that support them. While not everyone (including me) will agree completely with Jeff Vandenengel's diagnosis of and prescription for the U.S. Navy's future, Questioning the Carrier is a highly thought-provoking and very useful addition to the debate. We need more young people like Jeff with the courage to challenge the assumptions about our Navy's future!" âAdm. Sandy Winnefeld, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and author of Sailing Upwind

"Jeff Vandenengel's Questioning the Carrier provides analysts with a sobering, superbly documented, and exceedingly well reasoned examination of the future of the aircraft carrier in naval warfare. His 'must read' comprehensive review of the evolution of U.S. fleet operations which placed the carrier at the center of operations even as America's adversaries slanted their weapons development to target it suggests that the relevance of the carrier is not only in decline but at an end."-Capt. Jerry Hendrix, USN (Ret.), PhD