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The politics of air power : from confrontation to cooperation in army aviation civil-military relations /

"The Politics of Air Power examines the turbulent development of relations between U.S. Army aviation leaders and civilian officials during the 1920s and 1930s. In the early 1920s Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell and a group of Army Air Service officers tried to force the cr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rice, Rondall Ravon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Colección:Studies in war, society, and the military.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Confrontation to Cooperation; Prologue: The Trial of Billy Mitchell; Billy Mitchell and the Politics of Insurgency, 1919-1923; The Politics of Investigations, 1924-1925; Last Acts of the Rebels, 1925-1926; The Impact of an "Air-Minded" Civilian, 1926-1932; Conflict Within and Without, 1933-1934; Moderates and Money, 1935-1938; The Politics of Air Corps Expansion, 1938-1940; Epilogue: Civil-Military Relations and Change in Military Organizations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.