An incipient mutiny : the story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps pilot revolt /

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""An Incipient Mutiny" traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud, and cover-up that led ultimately...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Messimer, Dwight R., 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aviation Section > History.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aviation Section > Corrupt practices.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aeronautical Division > History.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army. > Signal corps > Biographies.
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps
United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aviation Section
1900-1999
Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography.
Air pilots, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Pilotes d'aéronef militaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Pilotes d'aéronef militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Aéronautique militaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Aviation.
Aeronautics, Military
Air pilots, Military
Armed Forces > Corrupt practices
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:""An Incipient Mutiny" traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud, and cover-up that led ultimately to a pilot revolt against the military establishment. Dwight R. Messimer focuses on the personalities of the pilots who initiated the rebellion and on the Signal Corps officers whose mismanagement brought it on."
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781640122581
1640122583

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