BILLY MITCHELL. Crusader for Air Power

Hurley, Alfred F.

ISBN 10: 0253201802 / ISBN 13: 9780253201805

Verlag: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1975

Beschreibung

This work is the biography of Brigadier General William ("Billy") Mitchell, a dominant figure in American aviation from 1919 until his courtmartial in 1925. The author tells the full story of his life, beginning with his boyhood and his youthful experiences in the Spanish-American war and ending with his final stubborn efforts to get President Roosevelt to created a united air force. The book contains photographs, appendix, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, and an index. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the half title, and is clean and solid.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009814

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: BILLY MITCHELL. Crusader for Air Power
• Verlag: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1975
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0253201802
• ISBN-13: 9780253201805
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: First Thus
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

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Inhaltsangabe

"This is the best book―the most scholarly, the most judicial, the best written―about the intelligent, attractive, undiplomatic, quixotic Billy Mitchell, the legendary founder of today's United States Air Force." ―Robert H. Ferrell, author of Harry S. Truman: A Life
Revered by many Americans as a martyr for his cause, Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell has been one of the least understood figures of modern military history. His position as the dominant figure in American aviation from 1919 until his court-martial in 1925 has made him the frequent subject of biography, film, and television, but usually these portrayals have overemphasized the sensational elements of his story. For Mitchell, sensationalism was only a means of drawing attention to his farsighted ideas on aviation. In Billy Mitchell, he emerges as a man with a mission and a true pioneer of modern aviation, a man whose ideas about leadership in aerial operations inspire and instruct today's airmen and women. Anyone interested in aviation will delight in this compelling biography.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alfred F. Hurley, Brigadier General, USAF (Ret.), is Professor of History and Chancellor/President Emeritus at the University of North Texas, and publisher of Air Power History, journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation. He lives in Denton, Texas.