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Ideas, Concepts,                Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1907-1960, vol.                IRobert Frank Futrell
1991, 136 pages                ISBN: 1-58566-039-6                $9.00

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In this first of a two-volume study, Dr. Futrell presents a                chronological survey of the development of Air Force doctrine and thinking from                the beginnings of powered flight to the onset of the space age. He outlines the                struggle of early aviation enthusiasts to gain acceptance of the airplane as a                weapon and win combat-arm status for the Army Air Service (later the Army Air                Corps and Army Air Force). He surveys the development of airpower doctrine                during the 1930s and World War II and outlines the emergence of the autonomous                US Air Force in the postwar period. Futrell brings this first volume to a close                with discussions of the changes in Air Force thinking and doctrine necessitated                by the emergence of the intercontinental missile, the beginnings of space                exploration and weapon systems, and the growing threat of limited conflicts                resulting from the Communist challenge of wars of liberation.

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