SAC time : a navigator in the Strategic Air Command /
"Thomas E. Alexander was among 20,000 military service personnel ordered into the Strategic Air Command, formed in 1946 as US military and political leaders began to understand the growing nuclear threat posed by Stalin's USSR. Alexander served in this elite force for a number of years, de...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2020]
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;
no. 165. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Securing the Skies
- 2. Getting Off the Ground
- 3. Sorting Them Out
- 4. From Mole Hole to Airborne
- 5. Fallout over Falun
- 6. A Stream and a Swagger
- 7. The Truth Was in the Stars
- 8. The Sheer Moment of Departure
- 9. Cuba
- 10. Flyover
- Afterword: Around the Campfire
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A gallery of photographs follow page