Format:
1 online resource (237 pages)
ISBN:
9781574414639
Series Statement:
North Texas Military Biography and Memoir S., No. 2 v.No. 2
Content:
Affords an insider's perspective on aviation leadership and strategic issues, melded with accounts of courage under fire. Hansell and LeMay were two of the country's leading combat commanders in Europe and the Pacific. They pioneered the concepts of strategic airpower and high-altitude daylight precision bombing.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Part I: The Air War against Germany -- 1. A Second Lieutenant Meets Colonel LeMay -- 2. Across the North Atlantic -- 3. Training for Combat -- 4. Group Navigator for Colonel LeMay -- 5. The Possum Becomes Our Commanding General -- 6. Casablanca-The Air Force Rejects Area Bombing -- 7. Our First Mission over Germany -- 8. Prelude to a Bloody Summer -- 9. The Politics of High Command -- 10. Bloody Summer -- 11. Munich by Night, Schweinfurt by Day -- 12. Hansell and LeMay in Washington -- 13. Reflections at Sea -- Part II: The Air War against Japan -- 14. General Arnold's 3 Billion Gamble -- 15. Hansell and LeMay Lead the B-29s -- 16. The Battle of Culver City -- 17. A Different War, a Different Enemy -- 18. The Divine Winds of Heaven -- 19. The Beginning of the End for Hansell -- 20. The Eagle Stretches His Wings -- 21. LeMay Firebombs Japan -- 22. The Aerial Mining of Japan -- 23. Tinian and Muroc -- 24. LeMay's Role in the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs -- 25. A Postmortem -- Appendices -- Glossary of Aviation Terms -- Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781574411980
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781574411980
Additional Edition:
Print version With the Possum and the Eagle : The Memoir of a Navigator's War Over Germany and Japan
Language:
English
Keywords:
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