xvi, 239 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-234) and index.
Summary
"Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"-- Provided by publisher.
Origins of the Civil Air Patrol -- Paukenschlag and the CAP Experiment -- Learning and expansion -- From Main to Mexico -- Challenges and transitions -- Past reflections and future possibilities.