The Politics of Air Power
Subtitle: From Confrontation to Cooperation in Army Aviation Civil-Military Relations (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: December 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780803239609
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political activity; History; Army; United States; History - Military / War; Military - General; Military; Military - Aviation; History / Military / General; Air power; United States; 1933-1945; 20th century; Air Corps; Civil-military relations; Politics and government
Description: "The Politics of Air Power examines the turbulent development of relations between U.S. Army aviation leaders and civilian officials during the 1920s and 1930s. In the early 1920s Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell and a group of Army Air Service officers tried to force the creation of an independent air force against presidential wishes. They forged political alliances, used propaganda to arouse public sentiment, and circumvented their superiors to appeal directly to congressmen. Mitchell, a flamboyant, popular, and powerful personality, led these efforts and was ultimately court-martialed."--BOOK JACKET.