To rule the skies : General Thomas S. Power and the rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War /
This book fills in the critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of General Thomas S. Power for the first time. Thomas Power was second only to Curtis LeMay in forming the Strategic Air Command, one of the premier combat organizations of the twentieth century, but he is rar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Annapolis, Maryland :
Naval Institute Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | History of military aviation.
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| Summary: | This book fills in the critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of General Thomas S. Power for the first time. Thomas Power was second only to Curtis LeMay in forming the Strategic Air Command, one of the premier combat organizations of the twentieth century, but he is rarely mentioned today. What little is written about Power describes him as LeMay's willing hatchet man, uneducated, unimaginative, autocratic and sadistic. Based on extensive archival research, To Rule the Skies seeks to overturn this appraisal. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781682475874 1682475875 |