Beneficial Bombing : the Progressive Foundations of American Air Power, 1917-1945.
The Progressive Era, marked by a desire for economic, political, and social reform, ended for most Americans with the ugly reality and devastation of World War I. Yet for Army Air Service officers, the carnage and waste witnessed on the western front only served to spark a new progressive movement--...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2011.
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| Serie: | Studies in War, Society, & the Military.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=354580 |
Sommario:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Source Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Genesis in the Great War; 2. Progressive Prophecy; 3. From Prophecy to Plan; 4. Breaching Fortress Europe, 1942-43; 5. Bludgeoning with Bombs; 6. Fire from the Sky; 7. Progressive Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index.