Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy

Commercial aviation has played a central role in the United States' rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century, as revealed in this book. Chapter headings are as follows: 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; and Conclusion: “Empires Rise and Empires Fall.”

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• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University Press

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  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138
• Authors:
  • Van Vleck, Jennifer
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 400p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil aviation; History
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Aviation; History; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01523139
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780674050945
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 24 2014 11:58AM