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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Vleck, Jenifer, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Pan American World Airways, Inc. > History.
Aeronautics, Commercial > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Political aspects > United States.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Social aspects > United States.
Aeronautics and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Globalization.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the logic of the air
  • The Americanization of the airplane
  • Good neighbors are close neighbors
  • Global visions, national interests
  • "America's lifeline to Africa"
  • From open door to open sky
  • Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War
  • The jet age and the limits of American power
  • Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".

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