CONTENTS Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Men with a Mission John L. Frisbee Benjamin D. Foulois: In the Beginning John F. Shiner Frank M. Andrews: Marshall's Airman De Witt S. Copp Harold L. George: Apostle of Air Power Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. Hugh J. Knerr: The Pen and the Sword Murray Green George C. Kenney: The Great Innovator Herman S. Wolk William E. Kepner: All the Way To Berlin Paul F. Henry Elwood R. Quesada: Tac Air Comes of Age John Schlight Hoyt S. Vandenberg: Building the New Air Force Noel F. Parrish Benjamin O. Davis. Jr.: History on Two Fronts Alan Gropman Nathan...
CONTENTS Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Men with a Mission John L. Frisbee Benjamin D. Foulois: In the Beginning John F. Shiner Frank ...
This book was first published in 1987 and has proven an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. Air Force, and particularly, in the role that key individuals have played in its evolution. Many of the individuals profiled in this book are well-known to students of air and space power. All of them were dedicated to an ideal - to produce a new form of military force, a force that would achieve victory in war by exploitation and dominance of the third dimension. Includes discussions of Benjamin Foulois, Frank Andrews, Harold George, Hugh Knerr, George Kenney,...
This book was first published in 1987 and has proven an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. Air Force, and p...
