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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... President Ronald Reagan's “Star Wars” program. The grandiose project was obviously beyond the capacity of the Soviet Union to match; the risk that the United States might succeed was too much for Soviet leaders to contemplate. The third ...
... President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who at first entertained a poor impression of him. Unfounded rumors of Arnold's drinking had almost caused Roosevelt to refuse his promotion to Chief of the Air Corps in 1938. Then, in 1940, Arnold's ...
... President Harry S Truman succeeded Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, no one had gained his confidence more quickly or more fully than the Chief of Staff, General Marshall. Marshall cited Forrestal's request as a typical example of military ...
... President Truman, General Marshall, General Eisenhower, and most members of the Congress agreed that the results achieved by air power in winning the war justified the existence of a separate, coequal service. In parallel to the obvious ...
... President Roosevelt had been an ardent Navy man, as might be expected from his background, while President Truman came from an Army background. Roosevelt's presidential cousin Theodore had created the Great White Fleet, and he himself ...
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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 |