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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... America's friendship, from what Churchill called “the most unsordid act,” Lend-Lease, to all of the concessions rendered ... American forces had done, Russian teams ransacked German scientific centers for data on jet engines, swept wings ...
... American interests, but it had an embarrassingly long way to go. The leaders of the postwar Air Force were faced with some contradictory problems. The Air Force was supposed to be the sword and shield of the United States defense policy ...
... American lives. The political benefits were incalculable. For the first time since the end of the war, American resolve had halted the Soviet Union in its tracks—with air power and without the use of weapons. Yet had the United States ...
... American public or Congress to face up to the cost of an adequate defense force. The administration's naive belief in the deterrent power of the USAF's “air-atomic” (a catchphrase of the time) monopoly prevented it from working for an ...
... American troops were pulled out in stages, dropping first to a 7,500man regimental combat team and then, after a Korean constabulary had been trained, to a small Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) of about 500 men. The Korean ...
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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 |