Beyond the Wild Blue (2nd edition): A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-2007Macmillan, 2007/06/26 - 576 ページ From the most important leaders and the most courageous victories to the earliest machines of flight and the most advanced Stealth technology, Walter J. Boyne's Beyond the Wild Blue presents a fascinating look at 50 turbulent years of Air Force history. |
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... December 1972 the will to use air power in its fullest measure against North Vietnam. In the preceding eight years of conflict, it had endured—and inflicted—heavy casualties. The public's new requirements were revealed in the victory in ...
... December of that year. Arnold did not spare himself leading the Army Air Forces in World War II, working long hours and sacrificing his health; in the process, he became convinced that the future of an independent Air Force was totally ...
... December 18, 1941. It thus became imperative for Arnold and his staff to take all the necessary steps to bring about a separate air force as soon as the war had ended. They knew that if the war ended and six months elapsed, their ...
... December 19, 1945, he called for legislation from the Congress that would combine the War and Navy departments into one single department of national defense, with a coequal, independent air force. His words were cogent: “Air power has ...
... December of that year as King Michael was forced to abdicate. The momentum of the Soviet expansion was accentuated by the obvious political decline of the Western Allies. During the same interval, the Philippines had been granted ...
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19531961 | 99 |
5 The many facets of war | 145 |
four major commands | 193 |
7 Change after vietnam | 225 |
8 Leadership doctrine and technology after vietnam | 253 |
11 Terror and response | 349 |
12 Assessing problems and facing challenges | 367 |
Appendix one | 391 |
Appendix two | 395 |
Appendix three | 399 |
Appendix four | 425 |
Bibliography | 433 |
A chronology of aerospace power since 1903 | 439 |