The 1920s and 1930s gave major navies different constraints and operational problems, so their carrier concepts separated sharply. Treaties, geography, and domestic politics reinforced those distinct approaches. During the Cold War, a broader Anglo-American pattern emerged alongside French adaptation and a later Soviet alternative. Britain's small-carrier doctrine then spread internationally, including into American amphibious assault ships, before the Queen Elizabeth class moved toward an intermediate-carrier model.
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Why interwar carrier doctrine diverged more than Cold War practice
Treaties, geography, and domestic politics produced three distinct interwar carrier doctrines, while Cold War practice converged around Anglo-American and small-carrier models.