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Author Wildenberg, Thomas, 1947-

Title Billy Mitchell's war with the Navy : the interwar rivalry over air power / by Thomas Wildenberg.

Publication Info. Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2013]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  358.4 M696Bw 2013    ---  Available
Description xiii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-262) and index.
Contents The making of a soldier -- An fledgling eagle soars to greatness -- Laying down the gauntlet -- A shot across the bow -- Dreadnoughts under fire -- Bombing experiments off the Virginia capes -- The airplane versus the battleship -- Racing and record setting -- Patrick takes charge -- The tipping point -- A question of loyalty -- A milestone in American military aviation -- The Air Corps and coast defense -- The verdict of history -- Epilogue: Billy Mitchell in perspective -- Appendix I. Leadership of the United States Army and Navy 1916-1932 -- Appendix II. Alfred Johnson's comments on Mitchell's Articles in the Saturday Evening Post -- Notes -- Other biographies of Billy Mitchell.
Subject Mitchell, William, 1879-1936.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Aviation -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Army. Air Corps -- History.
Air power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Bombing, Aerial -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780870210389 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0870210386 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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