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Kenneth N. Walker: Airpower's Untempered                CrusaderMartha Byrd1997, 242 pages                ISBN: 1-58566-020-5                $15.00                
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This biography of Brig Gen Kenneth N. Walker provides an                in-depth look at the career of one of airpower�s pioneer thinkers. Martha Byrd                traces Walker�s emergence from one of the early converts to airpower to his                role as a key player in the formation of strategic bombardment doctrine. Her                look at his performance in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II                gives us a deep insight into Walker�s place in history as an innovator in the                employment of airpower. Byrd not only highlights Walker�s accomplishments but                also provides a look at his often stormy relationships with fellow officers and                in his personal life.

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**Reviews and reader comments:**An intriguing look at the life and accomplishments of a man who had direct and significant impact on the development of [US] airpower in the interwar period. . . . engaging and highly readable. . . . an excellent glimpse into the life of an important thinker . .  . but I [wish] that Ms Byrd had been able to open the window more and take a longer look.... Reviewed by Golda Eldridge in *Airpower Journal* March 1999 (full text of review).                
The late Martha Byrd, author of *Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger*, the finest biography [of] an Air Force leader, was able, prior to her death, to complete this succinct work on BG Kenneth N. Walker. . . . Walker's obsession with the evolution of bombardment doctrine enabled him to make a significant contribution to the Army's air arm . . . George Kenney [said of Walker], "He was stubborn, over-sensitive and a prima donna, but works like a dog. . . . Sadly as events turned out . . . we are left with the single-minded legacy of                Kenneth Newton Walker. Reviewed by Herman S. Wolk in *Air Power Histroy* Winter 1997 (full text of review).                 
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