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The Wings of Democracy : The Influence of Air Power On the Roosevelt Administration, 1933-1941 Texas A & M University Military History Series ; 22
author
:
Underwood, Jeffery S.
publisher
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Texas A&M University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0890963886
print isbn13
:
9780890963883
ebook isbn13
:
9780585175126
language
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English
subject
Air power--United States--History, United States.--Army.--Air Corps--History.
publication date
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1991
lcc
:
UG633.U46 1991eb
ddc
:
358.4/13/0973
subject
:
Air power--United States--History, United States.--Army.--Air Corps--History.
Page i
The Wings of Democracy
Page iii
The Wings of Democracy
The Influence of Air Power on the Roosevelt Administration, 19331941
Jeffery S. Underwood
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLEGE STATION
Page iv
Copyright 1991 by Jeffery S. Underwood Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Underwood, Jeffery S., 1954 The wings of democracy : the influence of air power on the Roosevelt Administration, 19331941 / Jeffery S. Underwood.1st ed., p. cm.(Texas A&M University military history series; 22) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89096-388-6 1. Air powerUnited StatesHistory. 2. United States. Army. Air CorpsHistory. I. Title. II. Series. UG633.U46 1991 358.4'03'0973dc20 91-15653 CIP
Page v
To my mother, Mary B. Underwood
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
page ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
3
I. The Billy Mitchell Years
6
II. The Army Air Corps and the New Deal
27
III. A New Army Air Arm
46
IV. Early Attempts to Shape Public Opinion
73
V. Arrival of the Flying Fortress
85
VI. The Wings of Democracy
103
VII. Roosevelt and the Munich Crisis
123
VIII. Strategic Planning and the Army Air Corps
142
IX. The Best-laid Schemes of Mice and Men
161
Appendix I
184
Appendix II
190
Appendix III
191
Notes
193
Bibliographic Essay
221
Index
229
Page ix
Illustrations
1. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
page 8
2. Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
12
3. Keystone B-6A bomber
19
4. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois
21
5. Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover
23
6. Hap Arnold and Maj. Ralph Royce
53
7. B-10s from the Alaska flight
54
8. Curtiss YA-8 attack planes
65
9. Smoke screen around New York City
68
10. Boeing YB-17, the "Flying Fortress"
72
11. Maj. Hugh J. Knerr
89
12. Boeing XB-15
90
13. Army Air Corps aircraft at the Cleveland Air Races in 1931
93
14. The "Skylarks"
94
15. Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring presenting the Mackay Award
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