FDR and Civil Aviation [electronic resource] : Flying Strong, Flying Free /
Dobson, A.author.
Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Two Challenges : Roosevelt and Civil Aviation -- Roosevelt's Inheritance -- An Uneasy Start : Civil Aviation 1933-1937 -- The Passage of the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act -- The Challenges of International Aviation 1933-1939 -- The Coming of War : Policies, Preparations and More Reorganization 1939-1941 -- Forming US International Aviation Policy December 1941-May 1943 -- Of Subordinates and the President -- American Triumph, Roosevelt's Loss, and the "Burlesque" of Chicago -- Roosevelt's Legacy.
Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
America—History.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
Economic history.
History of the Americas.
Social History.
Cultural History.
US History.
Modern History.
Economic History.