Empire of the air : : aviation and the American ascendancy / / Jenifer Van Vleck.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : : Harvard University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (401 pages) :; illustrations |
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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".