| Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Airpower Contributor(s): Daso, Dik Alan (Author), Overy, Richard (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1560989491 ISBN-13: 9781560989493 Publisher: Smithsonian Books OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: Emphasizing research and development, stepped-up aircraft production, crew training, and the growth of air bases, General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold also advanced the doctrine of long-range strikes rather than support of ground forces as the air arm's primary combat strategy. Dik Alan Daso describes the technology, institutions, and individuals that influenced Arnold's decisions and shows how the peacetime experiences of World War II's foremost military airman shaped the evolution of American military aviation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation - History | Military - United States - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| LCCN: 99048037 |
| Series: Smithsonian History of Aviation Series |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.96" W x 8.98" (1.09 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From 1938 to 1946, as the first Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces--the largest, most powerful air armada that has ever been assembled--Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold fought World War II not in the field but in Congress, on the Army General Staff, in factories, and in universities. His vision of airpower as more than just sophisticated aircraft not only established US air supremacy during the war but also laid the foundations for the technology, infrastructure, and philosophy of today's air force. The first biographer to draw from all of Hap Arnold's personal papers as well as recently declassified military documents, Dik Alan Daso traces a career centered around the airplane, the technological achievement that revolutionized twenieth-century warfare. Describing the technology, institutions, and individuals--from the Wright Brothers to the president of Caltech--that influenced Arnold's decisions as a general, Daso shows how the peacetime experiences of World War II's foremost military airman shaped the evolution of American military aviation as a whole. |