Dead on Arrival?: The Development of the Aerospace Concept, 1944-58 - Softcover

Rothstein, Stephen M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1249327504 ISBN 13: 9781249327509

Publisher: Biblioscholar, 2012

Synopsis

Major Rothstein traces the historical development of the aerospace concept, from its initial inception in 1944 as it was embodied in the far-reaching vision of Gen Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, until its public appearance in 1958. He uncovers reasons why airmen came to see their primary area of responsibility differently than the rest of the nation and why their aerospace concept failed to win bureaucratic support. By tracing the aerospace concept's technological and intellectual development against a contextual backdrop of geopolitics, national security strategy, national space policy, interservice competition, and internal tensions within the Air Force, Major Rothstein offers historical lessons learned for today's planners seeking to move the Air Force toward an aerospace force.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1249327504
• ISBN 13: 9781249327509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92