Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers : : Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 /

Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers : : Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 / / David E. Johnson.

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The U.S. Army entered World War II unprepared. In addition, lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Johnson, David E.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Soldiers and Machines: 1917-1920
  • 1. America, the Army, and the Great War
  • 2. The Tank Corps
  • 3. The Air Service
  • 4. The Army in the Aftermath of the Great War
  • Part II. Inertia and Insurgency: 1921-1930
  • 5. Peace and Quiet
  • 6. Infantry Tanks
  • 7. The Failed Revolution and the Evolution of Air Force
  • 8. The War Department
  • Part III. Alternatives and Autonomy: 1931-1942
  • 9. From Domestic Depression to International Crusade
  • 10. Alternatives for Armor
  • 11. Autonomous Air Power
  • 12. A Crisis in the War Department
  • Part IV. Dying for Change: 1942-1945
  • 13. The Arsenal of Attrition
  • 14. Armored Bludgeon
  • 15. Air Force Triumphant
  • 16. Coequal Land Power and Air Power
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Primary Sources
  • Index

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