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Master of the Air
Robert A. Slayton
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Description for Master of the Air
In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russia began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Into this difficult situation the Americans placed General William Henry Tunner. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russia began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Trouble had broken out in Poland and Czechoslovakia, but it was in Germany, which had been at the heart of World Wars One and Two, that the first potentially explosive confrontation developed. The USSR, which had suffered more at Germany's hands than the rest of the Allies combined, may have viewed developments there with heightened fear and irritability. When the western Allies moved to ... Read more
In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russia began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Trouble had broken out in Poland and Czechoslovakia, but it was in Germany, which had been at the heart of World Wars One and Two, that the first potentially explosive confrontation developed. The USSR, which had suffered more at Germany's hands than the rest of the Allies combined, may have viewed developments there with heightened fear and irritability. When the western Allies moved to ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817316921
SKU
V9780817316921
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About Robert A. Slayton
Robert A. Slayton is Henry Salvatori Professor of American Values and Traditions at Chapman University and author of Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith, a History Book Club Alternate Selection.
Reviews for Master of the Air
"Tunner is perhaps the most important single individual in the history of the development of military air transport. Slayton provides the first complete biography and it has some original insights, such as the connection he explores between Tunner, the Berlin Airlift, and the Stalingrad airlift." - Roger G. Miller, director of the USAF Contract History Program and author of Billy ... Read more