Dead on Arrival?: The Development of the Aerospace Concept, 1944-58 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781249327509)

Major Rothstein traces the historical development of the aerospace concept, from its initial inception in 1944 as it was embodied in the far-reaching vision of Gen Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, until its public appearance in 1958. He uncovers reasons why airmen came to see their primary area of responsibility differently than the rest of the nation and why their aerospace concept failed to win bureaucratic support. By tracing the aerospace concept's technological and intellectual development against a contextual backdrop of geopolitics, national security strategy, national space policy, interservice competition, and internal tensions within the Air Force, Major Rothstein offers historical lessons learned for today's planners seeking to move the Air Force toward an aerospace force.

Author: US Air Force,Stephen M. Rothstein
ISBN-10: 1249327504
ISBN-13: 9781249327509
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2012
Pages: 92
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.19d