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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... capability continues to make vital contributions to our national security, yet remains our least understood. This ... capabilities, histories like this remind us that seemingly insolvable challenges can be resolved. They also remind us ...
... capability, exaggerated at first, soon grew to immense proportions. And while the Soviet Union is no more, its missile force, now divided among three of the survivor states, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, not only remains but is ...
... capability have characteristics that match two unique demands that have since Vietnam come to be made by the American public. The first of these demands is that we must fight our wars with a minimum number of casualties to our forces ...
... capability some forty-four years before the motto “Global Reach—Global Power” became the Air Force's watchword. The new structure, formally established on March 21, 1946, was composed of three new functional organizations, the Strategic ...
... capability was just in the process of being developed, and there would be no operational tankers until late 1948. There were no very-heavy-bomber bases in Europe. As a result, the presumed enemy, the Soviet Union, lay beyond the USAF's ...
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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 |