Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / Jenifer Van Vleck.
2013
HE9803.A3 V26 2013 (Mapit)
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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / Jenifer Van Vleck.
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9780674050945
0674050940
0674050940
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
370 pages, 22 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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HE9803.A3 V26 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
387.70973
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the logic of the air
The Americanization of the airplane
Good neighbors are close neighbors
Global visions, national interests
"America's lifeline to Africa"
From open door to open sky
Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War
The jet age and the limits of American power
Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".
The Americanization of the airplane
Good neighbors are close neighbors
Global visions, national interests
"America's lifeline to Africa"
From open door to open sky
Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War
The jet age and the limits of American power
Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".