A valuable and long-overdue biography of one of America s greatest soldiers. Parameters
The story of Gen. Carl Tooey Spaatz s life is more than a biography of one of America s great military leaders. It is a history of the development of airpower, and a fascinating, inside look at the long, difficult struggle to win autonomy for the U.S. Air Force. Spaatz earned his wings in 1918, when flying was a new and dangerous occupation; aviation school mortality rates were 18 percent. After gaining experience as a fighter pilot during the Great War, he became one of the Air Corps...