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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... Air Force. These ranged in nature from decisions on tactical and strategic ... Defense Forrestal, who, in any case, saw his role as a coordinator and ... Defense, Louis A. Johnson, had reduced the Air Force budget to unconscionably low ...
... Defense be more that of a coordinator than a decision-maker, took its toll ... Air Force. Called by Symington “the best hatchet job that I have seen since ... Air Corps' concern that England might be invaded by Germany, and that the ...
... air defenses, send their Tupelov Tu-4s on one-way missions to a dozen or more major American cities. Once again, the ... defense. Nonetheless, Acheson belatedly recognized the need for a stronger military that would require more than tripling ...
... Air Force, thirty withdrawn from storage in the theater, and 145 obtained from stateside Air National Guard units ... defense of Japan, the Ryukyus, the Marianas, and American bases in the Philippines. FEAF was commanded by Lieutenant General ...
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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 |