Secretaries and chiefs of staff of the United States Air Force
Subtitle: biographical sketches and portraits
By: George M. Watson, Jr
Contributors: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
Publisher: Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Biography; United States. Department of the Air Force; United States; United States. Department of the Air Force. Chief of Staff
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword iii; title: Acknowledgments v; title: The Author vi; title: Introduction 1; title: Secretaries of the Air Force; title: W. Stuart Symington 11; title: Thomas K. Finletter 17; title: Harold Elstner Talbott 23; title: Donald A. Quarles 27; title: James Henderson Douglas, Jr 31; title: Dudley Crawford Sharp 35; title: Eugene M. Zuckert 39; title: Harold Brown 45; title: Robert C. Seamans, Jr 51; title: John L. McLucas 57; title: Thomas C. Reed 63; title: John C. Stetson67; title: Hans M. Mark 71; title: Verne Orr 75; title: Russell A. Rourke 81; title: Edward C. Aldridge, Jr 85; title: Donald B. Rice 89; title: Sheila E.Widnall 93; title: F Whitten Peters 97; title: Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force; title: Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz 105; title: Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg 111; title: Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining 117; title: Gen. Thomas Dresser White 123; title: Gen.Curtis Emerson LeMay 129; title: Gen. John Paul McConnell 135; title: Gen. John D. Ryan 141; title: Gen. George Scratchley Brown 147; title: Gen.David Charles Jones 153; title: Gen. Lew Allen, Jr 159; title: Gen. Charles A. Gabriel 165; title: Gen. Larry D. Welch 169; title: Gen. Michael J. Dugan 175; title: Gen. Merrill A. McPeak 179; title: Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman 185; title: Gen. Michael E. Ryan 191; title: Appendixes; title: I.The Secretaries of the United States Air Force and Their Antecedents 197; title: II.The Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force and Their Antecedents 199; title: III.Chronological Listing of Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of Defense, and the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 201; title: IV Promotions, Assignments, and Decorations of the Air Force Chiefs of Staff 203; title: V Biographies of the Portrait Artists 233; title: Bibliography 241; title: Index 251.