Winged defense the development and possibilities of modern air power-- economic and military
This book is the basis for airpower doctrine in the US. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with airpower history or aerospace doctrine. William Lendrum ""Billy"" Mitchell (December 28, 1879 - February 19, 1936) was regarded as the father of the US Air Force, and is one of the most famous and most controversial figures in the history of American airpower.
Print Book, English, c2009
University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Ala., c2009
xix, 261 p. : ill.
9780817383046, 0817383042
1262003430
A note on Billy Mitchell and his book
The aeronautical era
Leadership in aeronautics goes to the United States
The United States Air Force proves that aircraft dominate seacraft
Civil and commercial aviation
How should we organize our national air power?
Make it a main force or still an appendage?
The effect of air power on the modification and limitation of international armaments
A glance at modern aeronautics
The making of an Air Force personnel
The obtaining of the aircraft and equipment for the flyers
The defense against aircraft
Originally published: New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925
Includes index
"New foreword by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr."--Cover
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