Download American Military Aviation: The Indispensable Arm: Centennial of Flight Series AudioBook Free
Since the Wright brothers made their famous airfare at Kitty Hawk in 1903, aviation has emerged as the essential arm of American military services power. Within this detailed and interesting background, Charles J. Gross traces its development from the technical antecedents of the Wright brothers' triumph through air warfare for Kosovo. Drawing on examples from all intervals and all service branches, he points out the assignments of politics, economics, and technology in shaping air electricity in america armed forces and assesses the genuine impact of military services aviation on warfare. Gross discusses major developments in aeroplanes, doctrine, training, and functions. He also provides discussions of airlift, in-flight refueling, military services finances, industry, and interservice squabbling. He provides assessments of Eisenhower's New Look and MAD (mutually sure damage); of McNamara's effort to use commonality of equipment to cut costs and Kennedy's accumulation of the military services; of the Nixon Doctrine and the failing of air capacity to resolve the long, drawn-out conflict in Southeast Asia; and of the growing reliance on American airpower in the post-Cold Warfare world. Military specialists, scholars, civilian federal government policy designers and planners, users of the multimedia who concentrate on defense things, and interested users of the general public will all rely on this booklet as an invaluable guide. The booklet is shared by Texas A&M University Press.
