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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... Soviet Union and the United States had the appropriate acronym MAD, for mutual assured destruction. Under this doctrine of reciprocal deterrence, it was a given that either side had the ability to inflict unacceptable damage on the ...
... Soviet Union under Ambassador Averell Harriman. The three men had something else in common: they were all highly regarded by General Spaatz, whose interpersonal relationships were perhaps less demanding than Arnold's, but who ...
... Soviet Union outside its designated spheres of influence. With an incredible naiveté, the United States allowed itself to totally disarm, depending upon its atomic monopoly to maintain its world position. Ironically—and dangerously—the ...
... Soviet Union were too recent and Stalin's misapprehensions about U.S. nuclear strength too great, and he missed his opportunity. The magnitude of what would today be called the “downsizing” of the AAF had not surprised Arnold or Spaatz ...
... Soviet Union as the next potential enemy and were planning how to meet the challenge, not realizing that there was a bigger hazard to an independent air force's survival close to home—the United States Navy. An Organizational Street ...
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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 |