Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation Through World War I - Couverture rigide

Johnson, Herbert A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807826278 ISBN 13 : 9780807826270

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

At the start of the 20th century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903. Fifteen years later, however, American airmen flew European-designed aircraft because American planes were woefully inadequate for services on the Western Front. Why was the United States so poorly prepared to engage in aerial combat in World War II? To answer this question, Herbert Johnson takes a hard look at the early years of US military aviation, exploring the cultural, technical, political and organizational factors that stunted its evolution. Among the recurring themes of Johnson's narrative are the damaging effects of a chronic lack of governmental funding for military aeronautics and the disruptive influence of a civilian ""aeronaut constituency"" both on military discipline and on public Congressional attitudes toward army aviation. In addition, the Wright brothers' patent litigation hindered the technical development of American aircraft and crippled the domestic aviation industry's manufacturing capacity. Wartime experience helped correct some of these problems, but the persistence of others left the postwar Air Service with an uncertain and stormy future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Herbert A. Johnson is Hollings Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina. Author of eleven previous books, most recently The Chief Justiceship of John Marshall, 1801-1835, he retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1987.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807826278
• ISBN 13: 9780807826270
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
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