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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... called the “downsizing” of the AAF had not surprised Arnold or Spaatz, but its rate and devastating effect had. Already a dying man, Arnold had increasingly removed himself from the picture after the victories in Europe and the Pacific ...
... proponent of a separate air force. He was ideally suited for a job that called for independent thinking—he'd been so independent in the past that he was one of the few people ever to have been close to court-martial 28 Ý Walter J. Boyne.
... 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 been developed to a ...
... called “quality of life” were largely overlooked; in many respects, the Air Force remained the Army in its lack of consideration for the living standards, pay scales, and respect due enlisted men. The most difficult task was to persuade ...
... called “the most unsordid act,” Lend-Lease, to all of the concessions rendered at Yalta, gave Stalin any doubt that the United States was the next enemy. And it was against that enemy that he gathered information from German scientists ...
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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 |