Patrick N. L. Bellinger and U.S. Naval Aviation

Paolo E. Coletta is Professor Emeritus of History at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of several books, including The American Naval Heritage in Brief, Third Edition (UPA, 1986) and An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Marine Corps History (UPA, 1986).

...Professor Coletta has written a richly detailed life and times of one of the key figures in the early history of American naval aviation. Bolstered by staggering research, Coletta painstakingly covers every aspect of Bellinger's career with great care, illustrating the admiral's vital contribution to the naval effort to forge the tool of seaborne airpower that defeated the Axis in the Second World War. -- Robert Love, U.S. Naval Academy Journal of Southern History By meticulous research and precise treatment of Bellinger's career, the book makes a major contribution to the literature of naval aviation... Journal of Southern History By meticulous research and precise treatment of Bellinger's career, the book makes a major contribution to the literature of naval aviation... Journal of Southern History ...Professor Coletta has written a richly detailed life and times of one of the key figures in the early history of American naval aviation. Bolstered by staggering research, Coletta painstakingly covers every aspect of Bellinger's career with great care, illustrating the admiral's vital contribution to the naval effort to forge the tool of seaborne airpower that defeated the Axis in the Second World War. -- Robert Love, U.S. Naval Academy Journal of Southern History