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050 00 $aUG626.2.M57$bC66 2002
082 00 $a358.4/0092$221
100 1 $aCooke, James J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83121478
245 10 $aBilly Mitchell /$cJames J. Cooke.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bL. Rienner,$c2002.
300 $axii, 305 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe art of war
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.
520 1 $a"This chronicle of a controversial figure - a man who could be charming, fanatical, arrogant, and confrontational - places Billy Mitchell in the context of the great debates over U.S. air power between the world wars. Mitchell demonstrated during World War I that massive air power could decisively affect combat operations on the ground, and he argued vehemently to anyone who would listen that air power would be the decisive factor in the next war - a war that he was certain would be fought with Japan.
520 8 $aBut his brilliance was often overshadowed by his personal failings.".
520 8 $a"In a highly publicized trial, Mitchell was court-martialed and found guilty, ostensibly for openly attacking the Navy and the War Department over the fatal crash of the airship Shenandoah, but primarily for making public his warnings about U.S. weaknesses in the air.
520 8 $aAlthough the air attack on Pearl Harbor made Mitchell look to some like a prophet martyred for his integrity, Cooke revises that portrait to reveal a character fatally flawed by consuming ambition and a man who was a victim only of circumstances of his own creation."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMitchell, William,$d1879-1936.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033466
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105089
650 0 $aAeronautics, Military$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAir Corps$xHistory$y20th century.
830 0 $aArt of war.
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