{"product_id":"grounded-robert-m-farley-9780813144955","title":"Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force","description":"The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and the United States Navy. In the wake of World War I, advocates of the Air Force argued that an organizationally independent air force would render other military branches obsolete. These boosters promised clean, easy wars: airpower wou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert M. Farley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813144957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813144955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2014 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 341","brand":"Robert M. Farley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926389555455,"sku":"9780813144955","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2c4c810-ad37-45ba-af6f-c8864f845bb3.jpg?v=1681082812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grounded-robert-m-farley-9780813144955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}