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Hap Arnold : The General Who Invented the US Air Force.
Başlık:
Hap Arnold : The General Who Invented the US Air Force.
Yazar:
Yenne, Bill.
ISBN:
9781621571759
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (222 pages)
İçerik:
Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Early Days -- CHAPTER 2 A Young Airman Takes to the Air -- CHAPTER 3 A Young Officer on the Career Ladder -- CHAPTER 4 The Struggle for Airpower -- CHAPTER 5 Years of Exile -- CHAPTER 6 Washington and War Clouds -- CHAPTER 7 The Magna Carta of American Airpower -- CHAPTER 8 A New Air Force Goes to War -- CHAPTER 9 Building the Air Forces -- CHAPTER 10 The Pacific Theater -- CHAPTER 11 The Plan -- CHAPTER 12 Mission to China -- CHAPTER 13 Pressures of Office -- CHAPTER 14 Strategic Airpower at the Crossroads -- CHAPTER 15 Allied War Strategy at the Crossroads -- CHAPTER 16 Big Weeks and Long Days -- CHAPTER 17 At the Apogee of Expansion -- CHAPTER 18 Out of Darkness, the Light of Dawn -- CHAPTER 19 But Their War Goes On -- CHAPTER 20 The Climax -- CHAPTER 21 His Legacy -- CHAPTER 22 The Valley of the Moon and Beyond -- APPENDIX 1 Arnold's Ten Principles -- APPENDIX 2 Thomas Griffith Arnold's Service Record -- APPENDIX 3 Dr. Herbert Alonzo Arnold's Service Record -- APPENDIX 4 Charles Lindbergh Letter to Hap Arnold, 1938 -- APPENDIX 5 Charles Lindbergh Letter to Hap Arnold, 1941 -- Acknowledgments and Notes on Primary Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Özet:
General Henry Harley “Hap" Arnold is widely considered the father of the United States Air Force. But his long list of accomplishments doesn't begin or end there. He was also the first and only five-star general of the US Air Force; one of the first US military aviators; the first American to carry air mail; and the architect of the war-winning air strategy of World War II. In this new biography of one of the American military's most towering figures, author Bill Yenne weaves the story of Hap Arnold's life, from his youthful days as a cunning prankster to his sunset career as an elder statesman. All along, Yenne unfolds General Arnold's life like the adventure story it is. A bold advocate for technological advancement, Hap Arnold was a powerful character in the golden age of aviation, an innovative warrior in the conflict that defined the modern era, and the creator of an entirely new branch of the US military. Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force is a page-turning adventure biography for history buffs, aviation enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the events that shaped America and the world in the first half of the twentieth century.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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