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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Tate, James P. Army and its air corps. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1998] (OCoLC)644006255 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James P Tate; Air University (U.S.). Press. |
| ISBN: | 0160613795 9780160613791 1585660590 9781585660599 |
| OCLC Number: | 39380518 |
| Notes: | "June 1998." Shipping list no.: 1998-0340-P. |
| Description: | vii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | James P. Tate. |
Abstract:
From the Armistice in 1918 to the late 1930s, there was continuous controversy over the place of aviation in the military establishment. This book details how airpower visionaries, with varying degrees of tact, often risked charges of insubordination in preaching the gospel of airpower. As aviation technology advanced and as Army leaders were "educated" in the capabilities of aircraft, they showed genuine interest in the potential of airpower. The author contends that their decisions often favored the Air Corps and that the Air arm received a lion's share of the Army budget during a period of extreme austerity. Dr. Tate states that the Air Corps, far from being a stepchild, had become a princess by the late 1930s.
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