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Author : Robert Earl McClendon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Question of Autonomy for the United States Air Arm, 1907-1945 written by Robert Earl McClendon and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U. S. Military
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ISBN 13 : 9781521403006
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Autonomy of the Air Arm (The Question of Autonomy for the United States Air Arm, 1907-1945) - Impact of the World War I Years, Army Air Corps Creation, GHQ Air Force, World War II written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique USAF publication describes early efforts to create an independent Air Force. The Air Service became a combatant arm of the Army in 1920, and in 1926 the Air Corps was created. Over the years, proposals to establish an independent air arm met stout resistance from the War Department General Staff. The Army reorganized after Pearl Harbor, and the Army Air Forces gained autonomy within the framework of the War Department. This book was originally published by Air University as The Question of Autonomy for the United States Air Arm, 1907-1945. In January 1954 it was reissued as an Air University Documentary Research Study entitled Autonomy of the Air Arm. This reprints the text of the 1954 edition, and contains the original's inconsistencies of capitalization, usage, and style. The only editing performed corrects incorrect spelling or punctuation. The question of how best to organize the United States Army's air arm had been contentious from the time of the First World War. Legislation to give the air arm greater autonomy or even independence had been introduced in the Congress in the interwar years. Although independence would not be achieved until after World War II, the air arm during the interwar period made remarkable progress towards this goal. In 1926 the Army Air Corps was established, and in 1934 the Baker Board directed the formation of the General Headquarters Air Force, giving the Army air arm a measure of autonomy. On the eve of the Second World War, the War Department created the Army Air Forces. Although falling short of independence, these were important steps forward on the road to the creation of today's global Air Force. R. Earl McClendon's classic Autonomy of the Air Arm describes the Army air arm's struggle for autonomy over almost forty years, from 1907 to the close of World War II. McClendon's narrative details the contentious evolution of the Army Air Forces (AAF) in March 1942 as a fully coequal branch with the Army Ground Forces (AGF). Following the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman firmly positioned himself in favor of "air parity" and an independent Air Force. McClendon emphasizes that "for the first time in the history of American aviation the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces definitely took a stand in favor of an independent military air arm." Truman's firm leadership on this issue ultimately resulted in passage of the National Security Act of 1947. After four decades of prolonged gestation, the United States Air Force was born. Chapter 1 - Introduction * Chapter 2 - Early Developments, 1913-1917 * Chapter 3 - The Impact of the War Years, 1917-1918 * Chapter 4 - Preliminary Adjustments Following World War I * Chapter 5 - Creation of The Army Air Corps * Chapter 6 - The Establishment of the General Headquarters Air Force * Chapter 7 - The Air Corps and the GHQ Air Force, 1935-1941 * Chapter 8 - Autonomy for the Army Air Forces
Author : Office of Office of Air Force History
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508474388
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (743 download)
Download or read book Autonomy of the Air Arm written by Office of Office of Air Force History and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of how best to organize the United States Army's air arm had been contentious from the time of the First World War. Legislation to give the air arm greater autonomy or even independence had been introduced in the Congress in the interwar years. Although independence would not be achieved until after World War II, the air arm during the interwar period made remarkable progress towards this goal. In 1926 the Army Air Corps was established, and in 1934 the Baker Board directed the formation of the General Headquarters Air Force, giving the Army air arm a measure of autonomy. On the eve of the Second World War, the War Department created the Army Air Forces. Although falling short of independence, these were important steps forward on the road to the creation of today's global Air Force. R. Earl McClendon's classic Autonomy of the Air Arm describes the Army air arm's struggle for autonomy over almost forty years, from 1907 to the close of World War II McClendon's narrative details the contentious evolution of the Army Air Forces (AAF) in March 1942 as a fully coequal branch with the Army Ground Forces (AGF). Following the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman firmly positioned himself in favor of "air parity" and an independent Air Force. Mcclendon emphasizes that "for the first time in the history of American aviation the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces definitely took a stand in favor of an independent military air arm." Truman's firm leadership on this issue ultimately resulted in passage of the National Security Act of 1947. After four decades of prolonged gestation, the United States Air Force was born.
Author : Robert Earl McClendon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Question of Autonomy for the United States Air Arm, 1907-1945 written by Robert Earl McClendon and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Earl McClendon
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ISBN 13 : 9781410223685
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Autonomy of the Air Arm written by R. Earl McClendon and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of how best to organize the United States Army's air arm had been contentious from the time of the First World War. Legislation to give the air arm greater autonomy or even independence had been introduced in the Congress in the interwar years. Although independence would not be achieved until after World War II, the air arm during the interwar period made remarkable progress towards this goal. In 1926 the Army Air Corps was established, and in 1934 the Baker Board directed the formation of the General Headquarters Air Force, giving the Army air arm a measure of autonomy. On the eve of the Second World War, the War Department created the Army Air Forces. Although falling short of independence, these were important steps forward on the road to the creation of today's global Air Force. R. Earl McClendon's classic Autonomy of the Air Arm describes the Army air arm's struggle for autonomy over almost forty years, from 1907 to the close of World War II. McClendon's narrative details the contentious evolution of the Army Air Forces (AAF) in March 1942 as a fully coequal branch with the Army Ground Forces (AGF). Following the end of the war, President Harry S. Truman firmly positioned himself in favor of "air parity" and an independent Air Force. McClendon emphasizes that "for the first time in the history of American aviation the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces definitely took a stand in favor of an independent military air arm." Truman's firm leadership on this issue ultimately resulted in passage of the National Security Act of 1947. After four decades of prolonged gestation, the United States Air Force was born. Richard P. Hallion Air Force Historian
Author : Eugene Morlock Emme
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book National Air Power and International Politics written by Eugene Morlock Emme and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Goldberg
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Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense written by Alfred Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven L. Rearden
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Total Pages : 734 pages
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Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force written by Stephen Lee McFarland and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 142891692X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps: 1931-1935 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Shiner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1931-1935 written by John F. Shiner and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raymond Estep
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Air Power Bibliography written by Raymond Estep and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Earl McClendon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
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Download or read book The Question of Autonomy for the United States Air Arm, 1907-1945 written by Robert Earl McClendon and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paolo Enrico Coletta
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874131260
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The United States Navy and Defense Unification, 1947-1953 written by Paolo Enrico Coletta and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a historical background to the problems met during the early days of defense unification of the three U.S. military services: the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. The author analyzes the problem of unification during both peacetime and wartime, showing how the Korean War served to point up the capabilities and limitations of the three services.
Author : Michael E. Brown
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501733567
Total Pages : 384 pages
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Total Pages : 920 pages
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ISBN 13 : 1428915915
Total Pages : 912 pages
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