Winged defense : the development and possibilities of modern air power-- economic and military / / William "Billy" Mitchell.

• Superior document: Fire ant books
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Mitchell, William, 1879-1936.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Fire ant books.
• Physical Description: xix, 261 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Originally published: New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.; Includes index.; "New foreword by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr."--Cover.

Table of Contents

• A note on Billy Mitchell and his book
• The aeronautical era
• Leadership in aeronautics goes to the United States
• The United States Air Force proves that aircraft dominate seacraft
• Civil and commercial aviation
• How should we organize our national air power?
• Make it a main force or still an appendage?
• The effect of air power on the modification and limitation of international armaments
• A glance at modern aeronautics
• The making of an Air Force personnel
• The obtaining of the aircraft and equipment for the flyers
• The defense against aircraft.